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Skin Deep

« What is deeper in a man is the skin. As he knows himself »Paul Valéry, L’Idée fixe, 1931

Paul Valery, a mustachioed disciple of the mustachioed Mallarmé, is a claimed open source poet: « My verses have the meaning that one lends them ». They both support a formidable formal mastery and unlimited semantic virtuality. An original writer, and billions of possible meanings, all as legitimate as each other. Just like the skin, they are the vehicle of a meaning that is at once unalterable and in perpetual flux. This skin, that holds the poetry to contain us, is not a blank page. Grain, color, thickness, reactivity, hairiness, scars, marks, it reflects the body and expresses the power of biology and time. Tattoos, piercings, scarifications, it expresses the energy mobilized to respond to this influence. The individual only exists because he or she is in relation. The skin is the envelope that both contains him or her and also allows him or her to come into contact with the outside world. It is the body’s media to interact with the environment. The skin, organ of the encounter of oneself and the world, shows where each one of us places the cursor; are your limits a low white wooden fence? A pergola? A stone wall three meters thick? A no man’s land with watchtowers and barbed wire? A chalk line on the floor? Cape Horn?

Tattooed or not, the subjects of Andreas Fux, Pedro Slim and Karlheinz Weinberger let the photographers see their cursor, balancing between vulnerability and strength, the unconscious and the claimed, the control and letting go. The contours of their being. Scouted in the street, the young Mexicans who posed for Pedro Slim in the 2000s are beautiful indifferent individuals with soft, smooth bodies on which everything slides, starting with the light and the gaze of the photographer. The grain of their skin, intact, fully biological, and of the silver print, carefully place them out of time, like silent idols, virtually offered to all prayers.

Andreas Fux’s Berlin clubbers have made their bodies a temple. A temple where you have fun, and is carefully decorated to honor his / her god(s): sex, pain, awakening of the conscience. But also a temple of rituals and stations of the cross, labyrinths and initiations. A temple made to gather, in the white and radiant light of the photographer’s studio. To mark oneself, to tattoo oneself, is to be reborn. Go against a given body for perfect, and appropriate it, mark it with its affirmation, “This is my body”.

“The mark is a symbolic limit drawn on the skin, it fixes a stop in the search for meaning and identity.It is a kind of self-signature by which the individual asserts himself in a chosen identity. To exercise control over its existence, the body is an object at hand on which personal sovereignty is almost unhindered. The corporeal mark reflects the necessity of completing by a proper initiative

PRESS RELEASE

ExhibitionOpening reception

Text by Carine Dolek

07.06 – 14.07.2018 Thursday, June 7th 2018, from 6pm to 9pm

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a body that is insufficient in itself to embody the personal identity, it is often worth giving birth. “ (In L’identité à fleur de peau, by David Le Breton, sociologue, Libération, 30 mars 2000). The construction of an individual and community identity is what Karlheinz Weinberger shows with tenderness and method by having the 50’s Swiss badboys parading in the apartment he shares with his mother. A youth ostentatiously rebellious, provocative, stylish, tattooed, forging an attitude to enter life as a diver in the water since the big dive, under the fascinated eye of a Siemens storekeeper in Zurich.

Fine or thick epidermis, young or tanned, intact or marked, it is the mystery under Man Ray’s sheet; to each one his own Enigma of Isidore Ducasse: the self. For any inquiries, please contact Sabine Guédamour by email atsabine@ewgalerie.com or by phone at +33 (0)9 51 51 24 50

Warning : mature content. Some photographs may shock the sensitivity of visitors.

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Press visualsANDREAS FUX

Andreas Fux, INRI 100 Serie 1996, 2018 C-Print, 50 x 50 cm, edition of 5

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Press visualsPEDRO SLIM

Pedro Slim, Durango 1144, 1999 gelatin silver print, vintage, 20,5 x 20,5 cm

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Press visualsKARLHEINZ WEINBERGER

Karlheinz Weinberger, No.62075932, “Heidi” circa 1975, c-print, vintage, 24 x 36 cm

Karlheinz Weinberger, No.620600318 circa 1967, c-print, 70 x 105 cm, edition of 3

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Andrea FuxAndreas Fux was born in East Berlin in 1964. He made his photographic debut in the 1980s and already the image of man’s intimacy is at the center of his work. In the last years of the GDR, Fux is training as an electrician while continuing his self-taught learning of photography. He works as an independent photographer for cultural magazines such as DAS Magazin and participates in DEFA film productions. His photographic work focuses on how the human individual becomes his own artistic creation. It also about Berlin, the urban quintessence of the tension between the vulgarity and the originality of the social upheavals of the last thirty years. It is this tension felt by the individual that Fux photographs. His photographic work has been exhibited at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, at the New York Photo Festival, at the Photokina in Cologne, at the Moritzbastei in Leipzig, and in galleries in Berlin, Frankfurt, Zurich, Kassel, Halle, Cologne, Munich and Paris. Andreas Fux still lives and works in Berlin.

2017Spaceboy, Galerie Widmer+Theodoridis, Eschlikon, Switerland 2016 Honte et Beauté, Galerie cubus-m, Berlin, Germany 2015 Honte et Beauté, Moscow, Russia 2014Fährten, Photobastei with Galerie Widmer+Theodoridis, Zürich, Switzerland 2013Fährten, Galerie cubus-m, Berlin, Germany Photobastei, avec Galerie Widmer+Theodoridis, Zürich, Switzerland

2010Kerberos und Chimaira, Photographs by Fux, objects by Hauck, Galerie cubus-m, Berlin, Germany

2008Die süße Haut, Andre, installation at the Galerie Widmer+Theodoridis, Zürich, Switzerland

2005 Die süße Haut, presentation of the book at the Q-Hotel, Berlin, Germany

2004Underground-Experiences, Kundtbehandlung, Münich, Germany

2002Vielleicht Portraits, Galerie TRANSITION, Berlin, Germany

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Group shows2017Fluid, xavierlaboulbenne, Berlin, Germany

2015 SEX MACHT GUT. Über den erigieten Geist, Galerie Sprechsaal, Berlin, Germany 2014Drive in, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France

2013L’ère vulgaire passera, with Aleksandr Schumow and Slava Mogutin & Brian Kenny (aka SUPERM), Galerie Esther Woerdehoff Pop-up, Paris, France

2012Men at work, Galerie Widmer + Theodoridis, Zürich, Switzerland

2011 Spielwiese, Galerie Widmer + Theodoridis, Zürich, Switzerland

2010 Männerbilder, Galerie Amalienpark, Berlin, Germany

2009 NYPH 09, New York Photo Festival, commissariat de Chris Boot, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, GermanyEhrliche Haut (catalog)

2008 A to B, exposition avec Boris von Brauchitsch, Galerie MFK, Berlin , GermanyKunstsalon Berlin, Galerie MFK (catalog)

2006 Signs & Surfaces, Fux/Kepenek/Hoffmann (catalog), Künstlerhaus, Bethanien, GermanySigns & Surfaces, Fux/Kepenek, by BildForum Mannheim at the Photokina in Cologne, GermanyAchtung ! FSK 18, Galerie Tristesse deLuxe, Berlin, Germany (catalog), with the 1.Pornfilmfestival 2006, Berlin, Germany

2001Evolution, Galerie im Pferdestall, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, Germany

1999 Der lauerende Rachen der Sehnsucht, Galerie im Pferdestall, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, Germany

1998Portraits aus Berlin, Moritzbastei, Leipzig, GermanyHic et nunc, Galerie Choriner Straße, Berlin, Germany

1997Andreas Fux, Galerie Objektiv, Cologne, GermanyEcce homo, Galerie Bittner und Dembinski, Cassel, Germany

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Monographs & Catalogues Fux. Fährten, Edition Braus, 2014

Andreas Fux, Die süße Haut, Fotografien zwischen Lust und Schmerz, Schwarzkopf & Schwartzkopf, 2005Die Russen kommen, collective work, Janssen Verlag, Berlin, 1993

2004 Musterhaus, Galerie Nord, Kunstverein Tiergarten, GermanySeelenkamerad Fux/Marquardt, Galerie Apartment Berlin (catalog), Germany

2003 Subversiv, 7 fotografische Positionen aus Berlin, Galerie Kunstbehandlung, Munich, Germany

2002 male experiences, Fux/Hauck, sensor.k, Berlin, Germany

2001 Fux/Pusch, Galerie Auswärts, Frankfort sur le Main, GermanyTage im September, Fux/Dahlmanns, Der mobile Raum, Berlin, Germany

1997 Positionen schwuler Kunst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

1996 30 Tage - 30 Künstler, Galerie Wolf, Berlin, Germany

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Pedro SlimBorn in Lebanon in Beirut in 1950, Pedro Slim lives and works in Mexico where he is now a citizen. After studying architecture, he became interested in photography and studied black and white printing with Brian Young and the art of the nude with Ralph Gibson at the ICP in New York. He then studied at the Escuela Activa de Fotografia in the Centro Cultural de Arte contemporaneo in Mexico. He also followed several workshops with photographers including David Armstrong, Humberto Rivas, Albert Watson, Laura Cohen ... His work revolves around the portrait, he captures the body of his young models, often encountered in the street, in a refined black and white. Rewarded twice at the Mexico Photography Biennale, Pedro Slim regularly exhibit his work in Europe and America.

2018Skin Deep, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France

2017 Beirut Art Fair, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Beirut, Lebanon 2016 Photo London, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, London, Great-BritainHeadshots: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture, ClampArt, New York, United-States

2005Fair of Cologne, GermanyFair, San Sebastian, SpainSolo show, Barcelone, Spain

2004Street Boys, Galeria Carmen de la Calle, solo show, Madrid, Spain

2000Stedejlik museum, Ghent, BelgiumMuseo de arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico

1999Galerie “El Espacio”

1998Foto fest, Houston, United-States

1997De la calle al estudio, solo show, Museo del Chopo, Unam, Mexico

1994Desnudo, otro punto de vista, Fotoseptiembre, Galeria Juan Martin, MexicoGeneracion de los 50’, Consejo mexicano de fotografia, Fotoseptiembre, Centro Cultural Veracruzano, Mexico

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Awards1997Award at the 8th Mexico Photography Biennale

1995Short-listed at the 7th Mexico Photography Biennale

1993Semejantes y diversos, Circulo cultural gay, Museo del Chopo, Unam, Mexico

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Karlheinz WeinbergerBorn in Zurich in 1921, Karlheinz Weinberger began to take pictures as a teenager and became a member of the Bund der Naturfreunde photography club where he improved his technique. In the 40s, he joined the famous Zürich underground gay club “Der Kreis” and began to publish his photos in its magazine under the pseudonym of Jim. In the late 50s, he met young misfits on the street and began to photograph them, in studio at his mother’s apartment or during their trips in the Swiss countryside. Working all his life as a warehouseman for the Siemens factory, he devoted all his spare time to his photographic passion for eccentricity. For more than thirty years, Karlheinz Weinberger followed these young people, who reused the codes of Rebel Without a Cause and created inventive and provocative outfits. His series in black and white and colour follow rockers, bikers and tattooed misfits and offer an amazing portrait of underground Switzerland. This work of a lifetime show, with boldness, kindness and a touch of irony, a post-war generation searching for its identity. Revealed shortly before his death in 2006, the work of Karlheinz Weinberger has ever since been exhibited around the world and resulted in numerous publications. The Galerie Esther Woerdehoff owns the estate and works to uncover it. On 2017, a large retrospective exhibition took place in Les Rencontres d’Arles, along with a book published by Steidl.

2017Karlheinz Weinberger, Swiss Rebels, Les Rencontres d’Arles, FranceEn un círculo de rebeldes, Photo España, Madrid, SpainBorn to be wild, Festival de Merignac, FrancePrismes, Paris Photo, with Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France

2014Portraits, 1959-1987, Maccarone Gallery, New York, USA

2012The Rebels, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, FranceOliver Mueller Gallery, Zurich, SwitzerlandIntimate Stranger , Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland

2011Rebelles, Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon sur Saône, FranceIntimate Stranger, Swiss institute, New York, USAHalbstarke to Bikers in Color, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, USARebels, Galerie cubus-m, Berlin, GermanyIntimate Stranger, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada

2008Karlheinz Weinberger : Vintage Prints : Belt, Jackets, Couples and More, Anna Kustera, New York, USA

2003Karlheinz Weinberger : Vintage Prints : Belt, Jackets, Couples and More,

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Group exhibitions* Catalogue

2018 Skin Deep, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, FranceHaute Photographie Rotterdam, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, The NetherlandsAmoureux, Hôtel & Spa La Belle Juliette, Paris, FranceKaputt, Galerie Ebensperger, Salzburg, Austria

2017 Photo London, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, London, UK

2016 Paris Photo, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France Photo London, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, London, UK

2014Oh Yeah! Popmusik in der Schweiz, Museum für Kommunikation, Bern, Switzerland

Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, USAMarc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2002Karlheinz Weinberger : Gelebtes Leben - eine Retrospektive (A life lived to the full - A Retrospective), Galerie Schedler, Zurich, SwitzerlandKarlheinz Weinberger : Photos 1954 - 1995*, The Photographer’s Gallery, London, UK

2001Attitude, Scalo, New York, USA

2000Halbstark*, Museum für Gelstaltung, Zurich, Switzerland

1994Tattoos Prominenter Schweizer Tatowierer (Exhibition for the International Harley Davidson Meeting, “Easy Rider Party”), Reithalle, Egliswil, Switzerland

1993Tattoos Prominenter Schweizer Tatowierer, Galerie Anita Dosch, Zurich, Switzerland

1990Fotogalerie Siemens-Albis, Zurich, Switzerland

1987Tattoos meeting in Zurich

1986Fotogalerie Migros Klubschule, Zurich, Switzerland

1980Die Halbstarken 1955-1960 : Vor 25 Jahren als Zurich Halbstark Wurde, Fotogalerie Migros Klubschule, Zurich, Switzerland

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Monographs & major catalogues 2017

Karlheinz Weinberger, edited by Esther Woerdehoff, texts by Daniela Janser, Esther Woerdehoff and Michele Cirigliano, published by SteidlHalbstarke vol. 1, published by Sturm & Drang

2012Jeans, Swiss Institute/Presentation House Gallery/Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel

2011Rebel Youth : Karlheinz Weinberger, edited by Patrik Schedler, Martynka Wawrzyniak, and Bruce Hackney published by Rizzoli, New York

2000Karlheinz Weinberger, Photos 1954 - 1995, edited by Ulrich Binder & Pietro Mattioli, Andreas Züst Verlag, Zurich

2013Paris Photo Los Angeles, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paramount Studios, USA

2012[CONTRE]CULTURE / CH, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, SwitzerlandMadrid Foto, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Spain Tokyo Photo, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Japan

2011Paris Photo, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, ParisAbsentee Landlord, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USANotes On Notes On “camp”, Invisible-Exports, New York

2010 Denim, 80 WSE Gallery, curator : David Rimanelli, New York, USAMale, Maureen Paley, curator : Vince Aletti, London, UK

2009Rachel Harrison : Consider the lobster, and other essays *, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USAKids behaving badly, ClampArt, New York, USA

2007Rebel, Rebel : Remembering Karlheinz Weinberger, Anna Kustera Gallery, with Ryan McGinley, Walter Pfeiffer, Collier Schorr, New York, USA

2006Wrestle *, CSS Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA

2001Overnight to Many Cities, 303 Gallery, curated by Collier Schorr, New York, USA

1999Seitenblicke. Die Schweiz 1848 bis 1998 - eine Photochronik *, Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland

1997A Walk on the Wild Side *, Müllerhaus, Lenzburg, Switzerland

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Banca del Gottardo, Lugano, SwitzerlandBayer, Leverkusen (permanent loan to the Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland)Bundesamt für Kultur, Bern, SwitzerlandArt Collection Crédit SuisseArt collection of the city of Zurich, SwitzerlandFotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur, SwitzerlandMarieluise Hessel Foundation, New York City, USAKunstverein Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, SwitzerlandKunstmuseum Thurgau, SwitzerlandGraphische Sammlung der Nationalbibliothek der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft, Bern, SwitzerlandUBS Art Collection, SwitzerlandVW, Wolfsbourg, Germany

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