JUERGEN TELLER - Christine Koenig Galerie, Vienna 13.11.2010

Juergen Teller was born in Erlangen (Germany) in 1964, he studied at Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich. Juergen Teller has lived and worked in London since 1986.

"We at the ZEITmagazin have been fans of Juergen Teller for years, because he combines fashion and art, celebrities and unknowns, the professional and the private in a unique way - bluntly, without any false concerns, but with a good sense of humour. Andreas Wellnitz, ZEITmagazin's picture editor, and myself visited Juergen Teller during the summer of 2009 in London. We suggested an outline for a column: one picture a week, plus text, both by Juergen. Juergen then developed the concept, which, as always with him, is defined by his attitude towards life: always on the move, meeting the most varying people, then staying at home with his family again. So the title of the series came up: Unterwegs mit Juergen Teller. One week the photographer reports on the making of the images, another week he explains his shooting concept, and then he writes about his relationship with his subjects in front of his camera. Repeatedly he puts himself into the picture. With this unique combination of photograph and text the viewer becomes a reader and the reader becomes a viewer, diving into the world of one of today's most formative photographers. Juergen Teller's work is being extended by one dimension, with these mini-essays written in an unmistakably Franconian-British style." (quot. Christoph Amend, October 2010)

Opening: 16. 11. 2010, 19:00
Duration: 17. 11. - 08. 01. 2011
The artist is present.

FROM THE GALLERY'S CONVERSATION SERIES

JUERGEN TELLER in conversation with CHRISTOPH AMEND, editor in charge, ZEITmagazin, about the weekly column Unterwegs mit Juergen Teller.
13 Nov 2010, 1 p.m.

JUERGEN TELLER IN CONVERSATION WITH EDEK BARTZ
at the library of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
16 Nov 2010, 4 p.m.