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Das Becherhaus in Mudersbach
 
Laurenz Berges: View on Mudersbach, 2019,
from the series The Becher House in Mudersbach, 2018-2022
© Laurenz Berges / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
 

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The Becher House in Mudersbach

 
12 November 2023 – 21 January 2024
 
Opening: Sonntag, 12 November, 3pm

On view in parallel:
Simone Nieweg: "Plants, Sheds, Arable Land: Working in Nature"
August Kotzsch: "Nature, Landscape, Genre"
 
 

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Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln
 
 
Das Becherhaus in Mudersbach
 
Laurenz Berges: Sewing room II, 2018–2022,
from the series The Becher House in Mudersbach, 2018-2022
© Laurenz Berges / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
 
 
In the series "The Becher House in Mudersbach," Laurenz Berges (b. 1966) explores the history of a half-timbered house in the Siegerland region that has been home to over three generations and which has become something of a monument. Originally the house of the grandparents of Bernd Becher (1931–2007), it was afterward inhabited by his two aunts. Becher loved the house from childhood on and later cherished it with his own family as an occasional domicile. A number of biographies are intertwined within these walls, as reflected in the furnishings and in the numerous items left behind. At many moments, it seems as if time were standing still.
 
 
Das Becherhaus in Mudersbach
 
Laurenz Berges: Key and button, 2018,
from the series The Becher House in Mudersbach, 2018-2022
© Laurenz Berges / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
 
 
In the photographs by Laurenz Berges, a master student of Bernd Becher at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, the aspect of time comes into play in a heightened form. The subdued lighting that characterizes his compositions contributes to a haunting atmospheric density.

An exhibition catalogue has been published: Laurenz Berges: "Das Becherhaus in Mudersbach," with an essay by Hanns-Josef Ortheil, Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2022 (in German only).
 
 
Das Becherhaus in Mudersbach
 
Laurenz Berges: Room of the sisters II,
from the series The Becher House in Mudersbach, 2018-2022
© Laurenz Berges / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
 
 
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