Dieter Leistner – Magic Architecture. Photographs
July 20 – November 3, 2004
Ladies and Gentlemen,
you are cordially invited to a discussion group on September 16 at 6 p.m.
at which Dieter Leistner will be answering questions about the "Magische Architekturen.
Photografien" exhibition.
Dieter Leistner was born in 1952 in Salzgitter-Bad and in the 1980s studied
at the Folkwang Schule in Essen. Encouraged by his tutor Reinhart Wolf he devoted
himself to an unusual subject for architectural photography. The outcome was
the "Badetempel" (bathing temples) series, strictly frontal views of the interiors
of public turn of the century and art nouveau indoor swimming pools. What began
as a degree thesis became highly influential in the photographer's subsequent
development. His photographs were published in the print media and Leistner
rapidly became one of the leading contemporary interpreters of architecture – for
Gottfried Böhm, Gustav Peichl, Richard Meier, Thomas Herzog, Heinz Bienefeld
and Oswald Mathias Ungers – the elite of European architecture. An interest
that is peculiar to the photographer is reflected in what is known as the "Upward
Views", which position upward perspectives at the very center of photographs,
thereby revealing mysterious structures in the buildings. The Design Collection
is showcasing both work groups.
The photographs by Dieter Leistner are on display in Nuremberg until November
7, 2004.
Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design
Klarissenplatz, 90402 Nuremberg, Germany
Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
With Best Wishes
Dr. Ellen Maurer Zilioli
Curator
Die Neue Sammlung – State Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Munich
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