André Gelpke
*1947

ANDRÉ GELPKE
Sylt, 1980
© André Gelpke / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
Biography
André Gelpke (German, born 1947) studied photography with Otto Steinert at the Folkwang School in Essen between 1969 and 1974. Already in 1974, Gelpke was featured in an early solo exhibition at Galerie Lichtropfen in Aachen, later to become Galerie Kicken. In the year after obtaining his diploma, Gelpke co-founded the Visum photo agency. Next to Heinrich Riebesehl and Michael Schmidt, Gelpke can be considered one of the pioneers of art photography in West-Germany at the time. Gelpke’s photographs have been featured in numerous solo exhibitions at large museums, such as the Museum Folkwang, Essen, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and at the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, among others. Between 1990 and 2012 he was professor for photography at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Zurich University of the Arts). He continues to live and work in Zurich.
Press
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: And Then I Wake Up Bathed In Sweat
Oct 19, 2018
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FOTO / KUNST / THEORIE: How to Make a Wonderful Exhibition from an Unfortunate Title
Oct 03, 2018
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Mahlstrom der Bilder
Nov 11, 2017
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Le Figaro: Paris Photo, l'aboratoire d'images
Nov 10, 2017
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Süddeutsche Zeitung: Ich bin objektiv, du bist subjektiv
Dec 15, 2016
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TAZ: Die Berliner (Volkshoch-)Schule der Fotografie
Dec 12, 2016
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: When the Pictures Rebelled
Dec 12, 2016
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Die Zeit: Beautiful Gray
Dec 08, 2016
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foto: André Gelpke in Fotogalerie Lichttropfen
Jun 01, 1974
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Aachener Volkszeitung: Licht und Schatten des Einsamen
Mar 30, 1974