Axel Hütte

Axel Hütte (born 1951) is a German photographer. He is considered one of main representatives of the Düsseldorf School of Photography.[1]

Alex Hütte
Born1951
Essen
NationalityGerman
EducationDüsseldorf School of Photography
Known forphotography
Movementlandscape, cityscape

Biography

Hütte was born in the German city of Essen in 1951. He studied photography in Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1973 to 1981, attending Bernd Becher’s class.[2] He received a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service to study in London and in 1985 a scholarship to study at the German Study Center in the Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza in Venice. From 1986 to 1988 he was the recipient of a Karl Schmidt-Rottluff scholarship.

In 1993, Hütte received the Hermann Claasen Prize for Creative Photography. Since then, he has been working as a freelance photographer. He shares a studio with Andreas Gursky and Thomas Ruff.

Publications
  • As Dark As Light. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag. 2001. ISBN 978-388-814929-0.
  • Terra Incognita. Reina Sofia. 2004. ISBN 978-848-026217-0.
  • Axel Hütte speaks with Stephan Berg. La Fábrica Editorial and Fundación Telefónica. 2009. ISBN 978-849-249889-5.
  • Towards the Wood. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag. 2011. ISBN 978-382-960515-1.

Exhibitions

Solo
  • 1997: Theorea. Fotomuseum Winterthur.[3]
  • 1997: Fecit. Kunstverein Hannover.[4]
  • 2004: Terra Incognita. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.[5]
  • 2011: Emerald Woods. Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul.[6]
  • 2013: Palacio Municipal de Exposiciones Kiosco Alfonso, A Coruña, Spain.
  • 2014: Fantasmi E Realtà. Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice.[7]
  • 2014: Paisaje Escindido. Museo San Telmo, San Sebastián, Spain.
  • 2015: Shadows of Lights. Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid.[8]
  • 2017: Imperial - Majestic - Magical. Kunsthalle Krems, Germany.
  • 2017: Night and Day. Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany.
  • 2019: Kosmos Tropical. Galerie Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany.

Group

Collections

Hütte's work is held in the following permanent public collections:[12]

References
  1. https://www.waddingtoncustot.com/artists/36-axel-htte/
  2. "Why Germany's best photographers all studied with Bernd and Hilla Becher". dw.com.
  3. "Axel Hütte - Theorea". fotomuseum.ch.
  4. "Axel Hütte - Fecit". museumkurhaus.de.
  5. "Axel Hütte. Terra incognita - Lanzarote". museoreinasofia.es.
  6. "Woodland reflections blur reality and illusion". hurriyetdailynews.com.
  7. "Axel Hütte - Shadows of Lights". Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation.
  8. "Axel Hütte - Shadows of Lights". undo.net.
  9. "Britain through the lens of outsiders". The Financial Times. 2016-02-19.
  10. "Review: Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers". The Mancunion. Archived from the original on 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  11. "A class apart: a new show explores the radical approach of the Bechers and their students". Wallpaper. 2017-04-26.
  12. "Axel Hütte | artnet".
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