SHEROES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
EXHIBITION Nov 28, 2023 — Apr 12, 2024
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Baum im Wald, Obersasbach / Tree in Forest, Obersasbach, 1963 - 1969
gelatin silver print, mounted on aluminium plate, printed ca. 1969
59,3 x 49,5 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Gebrochene Linie, Reproduktion von Photogramm / Fractured Line, Reproduction of a Photogram, 1958
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1958
39,7 x 26,4 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Gebrochene Linie, Reproduktion von Photogramm / Fractured Line, Reproduction of a Photogram, 1958
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1958
39,8 x 26,2 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Haselnusshecke im Schnee / Hazel Hedge in Snow, 1950s-1960s
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1950s-1960s
15,8 x 11,2 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Dillinger Hütte / Dillingen Mill, 1976
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1976
15,4 x 40,6 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Schnee, Im Herrnstück / Snow, Im Herrnstück, 1978
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1978
17 x 22,4 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Fügelschlag im Schnee / Wing Beat in Snow, 1978
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1978
24 x 18 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Winterwald / Winter Forest, 1959
gelatin silver negative print, printed ca. 1959
30 x 39,7 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Huteiche, Gangolf / Quercus robur, Gangolf, 1976
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1976
26 x 30,8 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Diagonalweg, Otzberg, Odenwald, 20. März, 1977
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1977
24,8 x 27,4 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Otzberg, Odenwald, 1977
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1977
25,2 x 26,2 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Otzberg II.7, 1977
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1977
22,7 x 21,8 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Steinbildhauer-Symposium, St. Wendel / Stone Sculptor's Symposium, St. Wendel, 1972
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1972
30,9 x 40,3 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Untitled (Montage: Beaucaire, Provence, and Tin Plate Series), ca. second half of 1970s
gelatin silver print, printed ca. second half of 1970s
10,7 x 21,8 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Untitled (Rock Formation), 1970s
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1970s
16 x 11 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Neusiedler See, 1964
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1964
39,9 x 30,3 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Spuren / Spoors, 1979
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1979
18 x 24 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Schnee / Snow, 1978
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1978
17,2 x 24,6 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
St. Roman bei Jonquières / Saint Roman near Jonquières, 1975
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1970s
21,6 x 10,7 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Landschaft, Lothringen / Landscape, Lorraine, 1972
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1972
26 x 30,6 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Landschaft, Lothringen / Landscape, Lorraine, 1972
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1972
30,4 x 37 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Berg in Lothringen III.12 / Lorrain Mountain III.12, ca. 1972
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1972
30,7 x 40,4 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Japanischer Ahorn / Japanese Maple, 1972
gelatin silver print of a photogram, solarization, printed ca. 1972
40,9 x 30,4 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Linde / Lime, 1962
gelatin silver print of a photogram, printed ca. 1962
39,8 x 30,3 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Gleditsia, 1972
gelatin silver print of a photogram, printed ca. 1972
40,4 x 30,7 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Kiefernrinde, Äckerle / Pine Bark, Äckerle, 1972
gelatin silver print of a photogram, printed ca. 1972
30,7 x 40,3 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Kirschbaumrinde / Bark of Cherry Tree, 1965
gelatin silver print, negative print, printed ca. 1965
30,1 x 39,9 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Untitled (Tin Plate Series), ca. 1970
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1970
39,8 x 14 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Untitled (Light spots, Abstraction), ca. 1978
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1978
40,5 x 15,7 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Untitled (Light spots, Abstraction), ca. 1978
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1978
40,5 x 15,6 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Weißblechserie II, 1/ Tin Plate Series II,1, 1970
gelatin silver print, enlargement of sandwich montage, copy print, printed ca. 1970
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Weißblechserie III / Tin Plate Series III, 1966
gelatin silver print, underexposed, sandwich montage, printed ca. 1966
39,9 x 30,2 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Untitled (Crystal Ball, Solarization), 1972, 1972
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1972
40,6 x 30,8 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Durchbohrte, bewegte Glaskugel 2.20.1 / Pierced and animated Crystal Ball 2.20.1, 1972
gelatin silver print of a photogram, printed ca. 1972
40,5 x 30,8 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Weißblechserie II, 1968
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1968
39,7 x 30,1 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Hochofen Thomasbirne (Dillinger Hütte) / Blast Furnace Thomas Converter (Dillingen Mill), 1963
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
40,4 x 30,5 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Feuer-Tanz / Fire Dance, 1963
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
40,3 x 30,5 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Weißblechserie, 2. Ursprungsnegativ / Tin Plate Series, Second Original Negative, 1966
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1966
40,5 x 29,9 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Weißblechserie / Tin Plate Series, 1966
gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1966
39,8 x 30,2 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
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MONIKA VON BOCH (1915–1993)
Ammonit / Ammonite, 1972
gelatin silver print, mounted on aluminium plate, printed ca. 1972
49,4 x 59,3 cm
© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023
Exhibition Text
Since 2021, Kicken Berlin has been committed to presenting the exhibition series Sheroes of Photography, which focuses on female creativity in the history of photography and contemporary photography, a subject that is inexhaustible to this day. The neologism shero stands for the explicit appreciation of the achievements of female artists in photography. The sheroes of photography unite the self-evident practice of a modern medium with diverse perspectives on reality—from the beginnings of the medium until the present.
Monika von Boch is certainly the most important female protagonist of the international movement of subjective photography following World War II. She is also a unique proponent of Concrete Art in the 1960s and 1970s. Von Boch pursued the path to abstraction with photograms, negative prints, and other experimental methods, yet she remained dedicated to her starting point in figuration. Alienating industrial scenes and products are as much a part of her work as nature and landscape. Although her works are part of important collections such as the Museum Folkwang Essen and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, her varied oeuvre deserves to be rediscovered in its entirety.
The artist, who was born into the porcelain dynasty Villeroy & Boch in Saarland, Germany, studied with legendary photographer Otto Steinert in Saarbrücken between 1950 and 1957 and participated in the second exhibition on subjective photography held there in 1954. Women were a minority among the students, and von Boch was an exceptional one. Steinert, who at mid-century was the key figure in the photography avant-garde, inspired her experiments with photography and sharpened her sense of composition. Our exhibition Sheroes of Photography VI: Monika von Boch presents pictures from the artist’s estate, most of which are unpublished. Over three decades, she created an incomparable oeuvre of photo-artistic work.