Christof Klute

In his new works, Christof Klute deals with the spaces of human co-existence which correlate with ideas of social utopias of modernity (e.g. buildings by Le Corbusier, Niemeyer, Taut).

The artist creates photo series that makes architectural space not an object of impartial observation but a place of subjective experience. He achieves this by repeatedly visiting the same locations, exploring their atmosphere in varying conditions of illumination and eyeing particular recurring details. This way, pictures between atmosphere and abstraction come about.<br />

biography

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lives and works in Cologne

1966

born in Münster

1986-88

studies of Theology at Münster University

1990-95

studies of Philosophy at Cologne University

1993-94

studies at Rotterdam University (Netherlands)

1995-2002

studies of Photography at Düsseldorf Arts Academy in Bernd Brecher and Thomas Ruff´s class (master pupil)

exhibitions

group exhibition 1999

gestern genau jetzt, SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne

group exhibition 2000

Poetik des Erinnerns, Stadthausgalerie Münster

group exhibition 2001

Faith, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, USA
Sky, Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne
Schnittstellen, Bergische Universität Wuppertal

solo exhibition 2001

Christof Klute Fotografien 1995-2000, Löhrl Fotografie | Die Fotogalerie, Mönchengladbach

solo exhibition 2003

Philosophical Traces, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Kölnphoto III / Kunst Köln, Löhrl Fotografie | Die Fotogalerie
European Art Expo, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Löhrl Fotografie | Die Fotogalerie

group exhibition 2004

Passion, Welde Kunstpreis, Schwetzingen
Landschaft, Kölnphoto IV / Kunst Köln (special exhibition), Cologne

solo exhibition 2004

Places of Utopia, Caritas Galerie, Berlin
Unités d´Habitation, Galerie im Forum, Leverkusen
Orte, InformationSystems + Services, Düsseldorf

solo exhibition 2006

Galeria Altxerri, San Sebastián, Spain

group exhibition 2006

Tandem - 50 Jahre Mühlheimer Kunstverein, Kunstmuseum Mühlheim an der Ruhr

solo exhibition 2007

Spirituelle Orte, Löhrl Fotografie - Die Fotogalerie Mönchengladbach<br>
Christof Klute - Galeria Maior, Pollença, Spain

solo exhibition 2008

Christof Klute - Galleria Cons Arc, Chiasso, Switzerland

group exhibition 2008

Museo Villa Croce, Genua, Italy

group exhibition 2009

"No hay tal Lugar. Territorios de lo invisible." Castillo Santa Bárbara, Alicante, Spain

solo exhibition 2010

"Kirchenstücke", Corbusierhaus Berlin

group exhibition 2010

Aldrich Undercover, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, USA

group exhibition 2011

30 Jahre Galerie Löhrl, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach

solo exhibition 2012

"Kirchenstücke", Stiftung St. Matthäus, Berlin

solo exhibition 2012

"Fenster", Orangerie Schloss Rheda
"L´esprit moderne", Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach
The White City, Fondazione Rolla, Bruzella, Switzerland

group exhibition 2012

Windows of the world, Museo Cantonale d´Arte, Lugano, Switzerland

solo exhibition 2013

Manresa, Kirche am Hohenzollernplatz, Berlin
Kulturlandschaften, Villa Henkel, Potsdam
PreRemember, LABOR, Cologne (with G. Mies)

group exhibition 2015

"250 - Jubiläumsausstellung der Galerie Löhrl", Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach

solo exhibition 2016

"Silent Views", Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach

group exhibition 2016

Suiten - Serien - Mappen, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach

group exhibition 2019

Visions of Modernism Today - Bauhaus Architecture in Contemporary and Historic Photography, Museum für Photographie Braunschweig

publications

2004

"Christof Klute - Orte", pub. Löhrl Fotografie - Die Fotogalerie and ISS Düsseldorf

2007

"Christof Klute - Spirituelle Orte", pub. Löhrl Fotografie - Die Fotogalerie