The Kunstraum Potsdam, in collaboration with JAEGER ART, presents the exhibition “Pictures” by fashion and portrait photographer Kristian Schuller. In his unmistakable visual language, the solo show invites visitors to wander between worlds and times, the present and the past.
Visitors can expect a fascinating journey through Schuller’s energetic dream worlds. His works are presented in both powerful colors and intense black and white tones. Sometimes they appear as impressive star portraits of personalities such as Katy Perry or Cate Blanchett, sometimes they unfold in auratic fashion stagings.
The Romanian-born artist, who moved to Germany as a child, presents a series of works with black and white portraits from Transylvania as a counterpoint. Diverse characters that already shaped his image of his homeland in his youth. Haunting faces greet the viewer with an open gaze and, in this direct visual dialogue, create a complement to the colorful dream worlds. Both of Kristian Schuller’s worlds arouse equal curiosity about the stories behind the pictures, the anecdotes behind the encounters and the next stage of his poetic, breathless and light-flooded journey.
Schuller’s visual language, which is always created in close collaboration with his wife Peggy, is characterized by a playful and surprising approach to the diverse possibilities of photography.
The targeted use of blurring, combined with a harmonious interplay of light and shadow, results in Schuller’s pictures creating a mystical atmosphere that leaves the viewer plenty of room for their own interpretations.
Growing up under Romanian communism, Kristian’s aversion to the ubiquitous and dreary gray on the streets and in society at the time manifested itself as a child. Ever since, he has been fascinated by colors and light as well as the people who reacted to this grey with wit, humor and improvisation.
He himself says about his approach to his photography: “I’d rather dream myself into the unknown than have everything presented in bright light. The silhouette of a woman is enough to make a whole movie run in my imagination. I am very lucky to work with wonderful people whose strong personalities both inspire and challenge me. It doesn’t matter whether they are well-known characters like Cate Blanchett or Penélope Cruz or ordinary people from my village in the Transylvania series. Character and beauty in pictures can only emerge in interaction with the personality of the people portrayed. Everything else is empty for me.”
Kristian Schuller : Pictures
9 March 2025 – 21 April 2025
Opening: Saturday, 8 March 2025, 4 – 8 pm
Kunstraum Potsdam
Schiffbauergasse 4d
14467 Potsdam
Germany
www.kunstraumpotsdam.de
JAEGER ART
Brunnenstrasse 161
10119 Berlin
Germany
www.jaeger.art
