DIRK REINARTZ: 
Kein schöner Land...

From 6.12.2024 to 2.3.2025

Dirk Reinartz (1947-2004) shaped reportage photography and photographic documentation in Germany like few before or after him. Kein schöner Land... at f³ - freiraum für fotografie is showing a selection of images from his extensive oeuvre from the archive holdings of the F.C. Gundlach Foundation and the Deutsche Fotothek Dresden. It focuses specifically on German identity with all its contradictions and historical anchors as well as its reorientation after 1989, highlighting the historical continuities that lead up to the here and now, especially after the last state elections in East Germany.

A large part of Dirk Reinartz's photographic oeuvre was created on commission: with numerous publications between 1971 and 2004 in magazines such as Stern, Merian, ZEITmagazin and art, as well as representation by the VISUM photo agency, Dirk Reinartz's photographs had a reach that is almost unimaginable today. In addition, there were free serial works, beginning with the book project Kein schöner Land (1978-1987), in which Reinartz compiled a swan song to the visual expression of the German spirit from his previous work. 

In his life's work, Dirk Reinartz deals with mental states and sensitivities, socio-political developments and cultural idiosyncrasies, particularly at the interfaces between the two German states.
The exhibition is accompanied by an autobiographical slide show. In addition, the photographic works on the wall will be accompanied by facsimiles of the original publications.
 
OPENING: December 5, 2024, 7 pm | Admission free!
Welcome: Katharina Mouratidi (Artistic Director f³ - freiraum für fotografie). Speakers: Sebastian Lux and Franziska Mecklenburg (F.C. Gundlach Foundation).
 
f³ -  space for photography
Waldemarstraße 17
10179 Berlin
Opening hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 1-7 p.m.