Heiddorf project space:
FLORIAN MERKEL
Zyklische Bewegung / staged photography
24 July – 17 October 2021
opening day: Saturday, 24 July, 14:00 – 18:00

Florian Merkel – Entgegenkommen, 2021, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 100 x 75 cm
Florian Merkel – Eingang, 2021, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 70 x 47 cm
Florian Merkel – Zyklische Bewegung, 2020, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 100 x 75 cm
Florian Merkel – Licht im Lenz 1, 2021, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 71 x 48 cm
Florian Merkel – Licht im Lenz 2, 2021, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 71 x 48 cm
Florian Merkel – Licht im Lenz 3, 2021, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 71 x 48 cm
Florian Merkel – Think Tank - Fernwirkung 1, 2020, egg tempera glaze, cibachrome paint, acrylic on silver gelatin baryte, 50 x 50 cm
Florian Merkel – Think Tank - Fernwirkung 2, 2020, egg tempera glaze, cibachrome paint, acrylic on silver gelatin baryte, 50 x 50 cm
Florian Merkel – Think Tank - Fernwirkung 3, 2020, egg tempera glaze, cibachrome paint, acrylic on silver gelatin baryte, 50 x 50 cm
Florian Merkel – Think Tank - Fernwirkung 7, 2020, egg tempera glaze, cibachrome paint, acrylic on silver gelatin baryte, 50 x 50 cm
Florian Merkel – Schwestern 2, 2018, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 60 x 45 cm
Florian Merkel – Einstand, 2017, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 100 x 75 cm
Florian Merkel – Schwestern 1, 2018, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 60 x 45 cm
Florian Merkel – Johnny remember me 1, 2021, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 22 x 15 cm
Florian Merkel – Johnny remember me 2, 2021, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 22 x 15 cm
Florian Merkel – Johnny remember me 3, 2021, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 22 x 15 cm
Florian Merkel – Dynamische Geste, 2020, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 100 x 75 cm
Florian Merkel – optimistisches Doppel 1, 2019, egg tempera glaze, acrylic on silver gelatin baryte, 23 x 23 cm
Florian Merkel – optimistisches Doppel 2, 2019, egg tempera glaze, acrylic on silver gelatin baryte, 23 x 23 cm
Florian Merkel – moderat renitent, 2018, egg tempera glaze, cibachrome paint, acrylic on silver gelatin baryte, 75 x 50 cm
Florian Merkel – Am Strand, 2018, egg tempera glaze, acrylic on silver gelatin baryte, 22 x 15 cm
Florian Merkel – Andacht, 2017, egg tempera glaze on silver gelatin baryte, 100 x 75 cm
Florian Merkel – Mittagsglut, 2016, cibachrome paint, gold on silver gelatin baryte, 17 x 12 cm

Florian Merkel

1961	born in Chemnitz, Germany
1981–1986	Photography studies at Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts
since 1986	freelance

lives and works in Berlin

Zyklische Bewegung / staged photography

When you first see the works of Florian Merkel, you are struck for a second. What is this?
Photographs colored in hours of work on the computer?
During his studies in Leipzig in the 1980s, Merkel was already engaged in the time-honored tradition of coloring black-and-white photographs. In those days, glaze colors were used for various support tasks. But to color his staged photos with a brush, he was already drawn to this temptation back then and constantly developed the technique in the years that followed.
Of course, Florian Merkel also experimented with the computer, the digital imitation seemed to him for a short time to lead to the similar effects.
In the meantime, he has returned to the traditional methods. He appreciates them and plays to their strengths; the individually produced unique piece with its microcosm is what interests and motivates him.

Florian Merkel – Zyklische Bewegung – catalogue