Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, in collaboration with the Consulate of
the Federal Republic of German in Goa will present a photography
exhibition by Peter Müller and Walter Hoffmann titled ‘BavarIndia’,
curated by Julia Ziegelmaier from February 19 - 26, 2011 at
Kerkar Art Complex, Calangute, Goa.
A Press Conference in this regard will be organized on Wednesday, 16th
February 2011 at 4:00 p.m. at Kala Academy, Campal, Panaji – Goa.
Photos: http://bit.ly/BavarIndiaFeb2011
BavarIndia
Curated by JULIA ZIEGELMAIER
Fantasies and Impressions by Peter Müller + Walter Hoffmann
Peter Müller was born in Munich, Germany in 1951. He began his
professional career as a computer engineer and developed his passions
for art and travelling at every opportunity. In 1997 Peter and his wife
Erika Plate opened a gallery in Munich dedicated exclusively to
contemporary Indian art. They had discovered this magical art form
initially as collectors in the eighties and now blended it with
photography - another of Peter's passions, discovered twenty years
earlier in the Mediterranean. He advanced his skill and established a
unique "view" throughout South America, Southeast Asia, Africa, China
and India.
Peter's work demonstrates his own way of looking at creatures and
things. He is able to perceive and transpose the influence of light,
movement, proportions and moods. His impressions reflect both the beauty
of colours and shapes as well as the volatility of encounters and the
futility of persistence. Portraits often appear slightly distorted and
subjects tend to feel that previously unknown or surprising parts of
their being are revealed.
Walter Hoffmann was born in Augsburg, Germany in 1948. He has been
involved with photography since his mother sensed a talent and gave him
a simple box camera in his early childhood. In 1970, during the
hippie-awakening in the East, he travelled by road from Europe to India
and began taking highly perceptive photographs that chronicled more than
the times but life and the inner self as well. Later as a journalist and
on many trips around the world, he photographed mostly in a documentary
style while attempting to explore the interior of things and show the
essential.
Walter's images lead to patterns, colours, shapes and sections and to a
path that can track down other, often unseen realities. He utilises
intense, creative computer technology that typically fascinates and
transports us next to the grandeur of nature and helps us encounter
people in their lives. His favourite subjects include landscapes, sky,
lakes, the simple things of everyday life, children, friends, animals,
plants. He is often able to add the appearance of motion and stillness.
BavarIndia is a joint photo project curated by Julia Ziegelmaier in
which the two Munich photographers, who met not in their home city but
in Goa, combine their work: from Bavaria - beautiful southern Germany
with mountains, lakes and picturesque villages and the subcontinent of
India - inexhaustible, mystical and relentless. You will see and
experience powerful images from both hemispheres - free from obsessive
matching but always opening the doors of perception, learning and
understanding.
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