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«Seductively beautiful in the use of color, the diversity of form and the choice of materials while, simultaneously, being conceptually sophisticated in terms of subject-matters and photograph-ic processes: the starting points for the artist Douglas Mandry (b. 1989 in Geneva), who has moved to Zurich in 2013, are real world phenomena and experimenting with various photographic techniques. Oscillating between historical analogue and con-temporary digital imaging methods, the artist creates his very own pictorial worlds. Observations in nature and the examination of current issues merge in his work with his reflections regarding his chosen medium photography - documentation with abstraction, reasoning with sensuality. Conceptual rigor and experimental liberties are well balanced in Douglas Mandry’s work, and the autonomous nature of photographic processes bears serendipitous results: the unforeseen meets intention and idea. This way, complex issues receive poetic allure. Each work retains a productive riddle that encourages us to question our perception of the reality of the world and the reality of images.»
By Nadine Olonetzky
Douglas Mandry about the series «Monuments»:
«The serie «Monuments» starts from a research on mel-ting glaciers in Switzerland. Collecting material, natural and man-made related to the attempts of man to stop a process that he himself contributed to start, I document various periods of time and typologies of images to create an image constellation. The idea of time and evolution, both in photographic technologies and natural phenomenons keep on converging in my work.»
About the series "MONUMENTS"
The on-going project «Monuments» reflects a relationship between techno-logical evolution and climate change. Fascinated by the juxtaposition of the natural and the mechanical, Douglas Mandry travelled deep into the Swiss Alps, capturing blocks of ice protected by man-made, geotextile fabrics. Those «glacier blankets» are attempts to slow down the unavoidable process of disappearance.
From the fine ice blocks, Mandry prints photograms by replacing the photo-graphic negative by the ice during the development process. By doing so, the ice melts and, the light shines through directly to the sensitive paper, creating an almost cosmic abstraction, condensed and visible view of the disappearing process. The result is printed onto glass plates through an industrial printing technique, sending the melting ice back to a frozen, transparent status – possibly eternal this time.
Meanwhile, collecting amateur found images of glaciers from the early 20th century, Mandry transferred them onto actual pieces of geotextile, which have themselves been brought down from the alps after a season on the ice. Through the antique process of lithography (Steindruck), a double-exposure phenomenon happens: the images, fading memories of golden age in Switzerland’s tourism, become part of the nowadays technological attempts to preserve a past which no longer exists.
As result, an effect of collage where time and space are consciously and playfully shifted by the artist, a product of the digital age where images are reproduced endlessly in virtual formats. Mandry questions materiality.
By using physical materials and printing methods, he examines notions of tangibility and permanence. In constant dialogue with his means of making, subject and surroundings, Mandry opens up new ways of engaging with the world around us.
By Nadine Olonetzky
Douglas Mandry about the series «Monuments»:
«The serie «Monuments» starts from a research on mel-ting glaciers in Switzerland. Collecting material, natural and man-made related to the attempts of man to stop a process that he himself contributed to start, I document various periods of time and typologies of images to create an image constellation. The idea of time and evolution, both in photographic technologies and natural phenomenons keep on converging in my work.»
About the series "MONUMENTS"
The on-going project «Monuments» reflects a relationship between techno-logical evolution and climate change. Fascinated by the juxtaposition of the natural and the mechanical, Douglas Mandry travelled deep into the Swiss Alps, capturing blocks of ice protected by man-made, geotextile fabrics. Those «glacier blankets» are attempts to slow down the unavoidable process of disappearance.
From the fine ice blocks, Mandry prints photograms by replacing the photo-graphic negative by the ice during the development process. By doing so, the ice melts and, the light shines through directly to the sensitive paper, creating an almost cosmic abstraction, condensed and visible view of the disappearing process. The result is printed onto glass plates through an industrial printing technique, sending the melting ice back to a frozen, transparent status – possibly eternal this time.
Meanwhile, collecting amateur found images of glaciers from the early 20th century, Mandry transferred them onto actual pieces of geotextile, which have themselves been brought down from the alps after a season on the ice. Through the antique process of lithography (Steindruck), a double-exposure phenomenon happens: the images, fading memories of golden age in Switzerland’s tourism, become part of the nowadays technological attempts to preserve a past which no longer exists.
As result, an effect of collage where time and space are consciously and playfully shifted by the artist, a product of the digital age where images are reproduced endlessly in virtual formats. Mandry questions materiality.
By using physical materials and printing methods, he examines notions of tangibility and permanence. In constant dialogue with his means of making, subject and surroundings, Mandry opens up new ways of engaging with the world around us.
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Douglas Mandry in the Swiss Alps - Taking photograms of melting ice with a self made large format camera
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Douglas Mandry (*1989, CH) is an artist who lives and works in Zurich. He gained a Bachelors in both Visual Communication and Photography from the University of Art and Design ECAL in Lausanne. Since graduating Mandry has been nominated for numerous awards including the Paul Huf Award, Swiss Federal Design Award and got awarded as «Foam Talent 2020».
His work has been shown in international venues including Photo London, Photo Basel, Unseen Photo Fair, Foam Museum Amsterdam or Kunstmuseum Wien. Bildhalle dedicated two solo shows in 2016 and 2018 to his work, a next solo show is planned in November 2020.
Mandry’s practice is a direct response to the digitalization of photography and the technological accelerations that came along with it. Always shooting his initial images in analogue, all of Mandry’s interventions in the image are done by hand, through the application of different historic photographic processes or by physically cutting and pasting.
His work has been shown in international venues including Photo London, Photo Basel, Unseen Photo Fair, Foam Museum Amsterdam or Kunstmuseum Wien. Bildhalle dedicated two solo shows in 2016 and 2018 to his work, a next solo show is planned in November 2020.
Mandry’s practice is a direct response to the digitalization of photography and the technological accelerations that came along with it. Always shooting his initial images in analogue, all of Mandry’s interventions in the image are done by hand, through the application of different historic photographic processes or by physically cutting and pasting.
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Collections
• Art collection, ABN AMRO Bank, The Netherlands
• Art collection, De Nederlandsche Bank, The Nether-lands
• Art Collection AMBRO Bank, The Neterlands
• Art collection Kanton Zürich
• Art collection Swiss Post
• Art collection Swiss Re
• Art collection Zürcher Kantonalbank
• Art collection Credit Suisse
• Various private collections
Awards
2019
• »FOAM Talent 2020«
• »Prix Pictet«, nominated
2016
• »Paul Huf Award 2016«, Amsterdam, nominated, 2015
• »Prix de la Relève Photographique«,
Pro Helvetia, swiss council for culture
• »Kunst Zürich Förderpreis 2015«
• »Paul Huf Award 2015«, Amsterdam, nominated
• »Swiss Federal Design Awards 2015«, nominated
2015
• »Swiss Design Awards 2015« catalogue by Jonathan Hares
• Fotopub Festival exhibition catalogue
» Monthly Photography«, South Corea, 8 pages interview and portfolio
2014
• »EWZ Selection 2014«, shortlisted
• »Prix Photoforum Pasqu’Art«, Biel
• »ArtSlant Prize«, awarded of an exhibition in Chicago
• »Prix Voies–Off 2014«, Rencontres d’Arles, shortlisted, Mention du jury
Exhibitions
2020
• Photo Basel/Berlin, group show, Berlin
• «Handle with care», Casa Serodine, Ascona
• «On Earth - Imagining, Technology and the Natural World», group show, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• «Foam Talent», group show, touring exhibition, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin
• «Nach uns die Sintflut», group show, Kunsthaus Wien, Austria
• Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris
2019
• Approche Paris, France
• Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• European photo festival «Circulation 2019», Paris, France
• «The air becomes electric», Centre de la Photography, Switzerland
2018
«Equivalences», solo exhibition, BILDHALLE Zurich, Switzerland
2017
• »The Sky Seemed Not A Sky« Artnivo Gallery, Istan-bul, w/ huber.huber
• »DNB Acquisitions«, Dutch Bank 2017 acquisitions
• Solo exhibition, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016
• »Unseen Sights«, Solo exhibition, BILDHALLE Zu-rich, Switzerland
• Photo Basel, group show, Switzerland
• Art Paris, group show, France
• Unseen Photo Fair, group show, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015
• Swiss Federal Design Awards, Art Basel
• 10 Jahre Jungkunst, Winterthur
• Advanced Art Award, Kunst Zürich 2015, Zurich
• Plat(t)form 15, Fotomuseum Winterthur
• Selected works, BILDHALLE, Kilchberg/Zurich
• Art collection, ABN AMRO Bank, The Netherlands
• Art collection, De Nederlandsche Bank, The Nether-lands
• Art Collection AMBRO Bank, The Neterlands
• Art collection Kanton Zürich
• Art collection Swiss Post
• Art collection Swiss Re
• Art collection Zürcher Kantonalbank
• Art collection Credit Suisse
• Various private collections
Awards
2019
• »FOAM Talent 2020«
• »Prix Pictet«, nominated
2016
• »Paul Huf Award 2016«, Amsterdam, nominated, 2015
• »Prix de la Relève Photographique«,
Pro Helvetia, swiss council for culture
• »Kunst Zürich Förderpreis 2015«
• »Paul Huf Award 2015«, Amsterdam, nominated
• »Swiss Federal Design Awards 2015«, nominated
2015
• »Swiss Design Awards 2015« catalogue by Jonathan Hares
• Fotopub Festival exhibition catalogue
» Monthly Photography«, South Corea, 8 pages interview and portfolio
2014
• »EWZ Selection 2014«, shortlisted
• »Prix Photoforum Pasqu’Art«, Biel
• »ArtSlant Prize«, awarded of an exhibition in Chicago
• »Prix Voies–Off 2014«, Rencontres d’Arles, shortlisted, Mention du jury
Exhibitions
2020
• Photo Basel/Berlin, group show, Berlin
• «Handle with care», Casa Serodine, Ascona
• «On Earth - Imagining, Technology and the Natural World», group show, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• «Foam Talent», group show, touring exhibition, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin
• «Nach uns die Sintflut», group show, Kunsthaus Wien, Austria
• Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris
2019
• Approche Paris, France
• Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• European photo festival «Circulation 2019», Paris, France
• «The air becomes electric», Centre de la Photography, Switzerland
2018
«Equivalences», solo exhibition, BILDHALLE Zurich, Switzerland
2017
• »The Sky Seemed Not A Sky« Artnivo Gallery, Istan-bul, w/ huber.huber
• »DNB Acquisitions«, Dutch Bank 2017 acquisitions
• Solo exhibition, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016
• »Unseen Sights«, Solo exhibition, BILDHALLE Zu-rich, Switzerland
• Photo Basel, group show, Switzerland
• Art Paris, group show, France
• Unseen Photo Fair, group show, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015
• Swiss Federal Design Awards, Art Basel
• 10 Jahre Jungkunst, Winterthur
• Advanced Art Award, Kunst Zürich 2015, Zurich
• Plat(t)form 15, Fotomuseum Winterthur
• Selected works, BILDHALLE, Kilchberg/Zurich
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