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Together nine renowned organisations have joined forces at the initiative of the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain to produce a major event of photography, called "RAY Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/RheinMain", to highlight the wealth of art collections and expertise in the field of photography found in the Rhine-Main region. RAY will be launched in April 2012 with the main, central exhibition "MAKING HISTORY", which together with other partner exhibitions and projects through October 2012 will shed light on new trends in the international world of photography.
MAKING HISTORY
The focus of RAY 2012 is the main exhibition Making History. It is on view from April 20th to July 8th, 2012, in the spaces of the Frankfurter Kunstverein , the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, and the MMK Zollamt , as well as in two public spaces. Making History highlights artistic reflection of public images. The exhibition shows different artists who concentrate on how reality is presented in media images. The artists are not creating history rather, their works reveal different perspectives on historical events. The works on view can be understood as extended forms for depicting history and hence as subjective variations on history painting. Making History is not strictly limited to the medium of still photography but also includes video and film. The works of about forty renowned artists, including Viktoria Binschtok , Thomas Demand , David LaChapelle , Omer Fast , Alfredo Jaar , Barbara Klemm and Gustav Metzger , as well as numerous new discoveries, reveal a broad spectrum of artistic approaches to public images.
Curatorial Team: Anne-Marie Beckmann (Art Collection Deutsche Börse), Dr. Holger Kube Ventura (Frankfurter Kunstverein), Lilian Engelmann (Frankfurter Kunstverein), Celina Lunsford (Fotografie Forum Frankfurt), Alexandra Lechner (Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie), Peter Gorschlüter (MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst).
RAY 2012 is is made possible thanks to Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain and will be jointly organised by the Art Collection Deutsche Börse , the Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie , the DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, the Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, the Frankfurter Kunstverein , the Marta Hoepffner-Gesellschaft für Fotografie e.V. Hofheim, the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, the Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, and the Städel Museum .
Artists: Viktoria Binschtok , Thomas Demand , David LaChapelle , Omer Fast , Alfredo Jaar , Barbara Klemm , Gustav Metzger , a.o.
