02.05. – 25.07.2015


ARNOLD ODERMATT
90th BIRTHDAY – SELECTED WORKS
Photographs 1948 – 2015


Opening: 01.05.2015, 18 Uhr

Masterpieces by Arnold Odermatt on the artist’s 90th birthday



Arnold Odermatt is celebrating his 90th birthday, and Galerie Springer is joining in: For this very special occasion, the gallery will host an exhibition displaying a selection of his masterpiecesIn addition to his well-known jewel, ‘Karambolagen’, the exhibition will feature some of the masterful works from his series ‘In Zivil’ and ‘Im Dienst’. Books of all three series are published by Steidl.

Like many times in the past, Arnold Odermatt surprises the art world again, even at this age: Galerie Springer is proud to present a new, previously unseen series by the artist at the 90th birthday exhibition in Berlin. Odermatt photographed an enormous tree close to his home over several years, always from the same perspective.

For Arnold Odermatt’s birthday on 29 May 2015, we are pleased to invite you to the gallery for an artists’ discussion between Odermatt and Dr. Beate Kemfert, chair and curator of the Opelvillen Rüsselsheim Foundation for Art and Culture, at 7pm. Dr. Kemfert curated the first exhibition Odermatt’s work, ‘Karambolagen’ for the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt Police Headquarters in 1998,

where Harald Szeemann saw Odermatt's photographs for the first time. From this exhibition, a close collaboration developed between Dr. Beate Kemfert, Arnold Odermatt, Urs Odermatt, the son of the artist and publisher of his books, as well as the Galerie Springer.