Dirk Brömmel | Villa Tugendhat exhibition

The known German artist Dirk Brömmel, is going to organize a personal photographic exhibition devoted to the Villa Tugendhat of Mies Van der Rohe.  The residence was designed from the known architect between 1928-1930 in Brno in Czech Republic. Designed for the Fritz Tugendhat and his wife του Greta's family, the residence is today a paradigm of modern movement and Mies Van der Rohe's "less is more".

The choice of the house for the exhibition maybe was made not only due to its meaning  as characteristic sample of the architecture of 20st century, but also because of its great and turbulent history. The family abandoned the house and Czech Republic in 1938, without returning back. In 1939 the house was used by Gestapo and later a apartment and office. During World War II, t was partially destroyed and was later reconstructed. Since 1994, the house has opened to the public as a museum and since 2011 has been characterized as a monument of cultural heritage by UNESCO.

Brömmel attempts to etch time in the residence and visualize the past. Before the building closes in 2010 for reconstruction, the artist managed to create again the atmosphere of 30s inside the house, so that he can imprint the era with contemporary photographs. Working with the photographic files with the contemporary ones, creates images in which space, although it is imprinted in two different eras, seems unchanged in time. Through photographs, he want to refer to the family and their everyday life and habits into the space which is designed by Mies van der Rohe. His purpose is not to refer to the history of the building after its abandonment from the family.

Location: f75 fotogalerie, Stuttgart
Time: until 5 April 2012
More information: here