Pola Brändle
Encyclopedia
Pola Brändle in Aachen
,
Germany
) is a German collage
/decollage
artist
and photographer who now lives and works in Berlin
, Germany
and Santanyí
, Mallorca
.
she joined the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and finished her studies as a Bachelor of Design
in 2003. Brändle’s final work at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts was supported by the "TENT Academy Award" (Rotterdam) with nine other nominations as best final works in the Netherlands. During her studies Brändle developed her artistic photographic potentials and discovered the fascination of posters and their artistic opportunities for further editing. After several stages of life in Portsmouth, Berlin and Lisbon, she went to the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
"Pola Brändle treats again, the subject of collage
and décollage
, interpreting it in a new manner. This is the way traditions are formed. She also uses the de-clarifying, the obscuring section, the near view preventing you from getting a grasp of the whole; an aesthetic intimacy bleeding into the uncontrollable poetic. This makes the poster walls which she photographed in twenty six countries, almost look like classical compositions as in the work of Kurt Schwitters. This ist he European way of doing it, a counterposition to American art like that of Robert Rauschenberg, where the classical rules do not apply."
"Like an archaeologist she is uncovering yesterday and preserving it for tomorrow"
Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
,
Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) is a German collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
/decollage
Décollage
Décollage, in art, is the opposite of collage; instead of an image being built up of all or parts of existing images, it is created by cutting, tearing away or otherwise removing, pieces of an original image. Examples include inimage or etrécissements and excavations...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and photographer who now lives and works in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Santanyí
Santanyí
Santanyí is a municipality on Majorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain.This municipality in the South of Majorca is home to the towns of Santanyí, Calonge, s’Alqueria Blanca and es Llombards, as well as the coastal districts of Cala Esmeralda, Cala d'Or, marina de Cala d’Or, Portopetro, Cap d'es...
, Mallorca
Mallorca
Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca...
.
Life
After Brändle had finished her high school education in AachenAachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
she joined the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and finished her studies as a Bachelor of Design
Bachelor of Design
A Bachelor of Design degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts three or four years. It is an arts-centered degree that is a counterpart to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree...
in 2003. Brändle’s final work at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts was supported by the "TENT Academy Award" (Rotterdam) with nine other nominations as best final works in the Netherlands. During her studies Brändle developed her artistic photographic potentials and discovered the fascination of posters and their artistic opportunities for further editing. After several stages of life in Portsmouth, Berlin and Lisbon, she went to the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
Opus
Brändle photographs and edits posters. She uses posters as a commodity, in order to create independent art works of its own kind."Pola Brändle treats again, the subject of collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
and décollage
Décollage
Décollage, in art, is the opposite of collage; instead of an image being built up of all or parts of existing images, it is created by cutting, tearing away or otherwise removing, pieces of an original image. Examples include inimage or etrécissements and excavations...
, interpreting it in a new manner. This is the way traditions are formed. She also uses the de-clarifying, the obscuring section, the near view preventing you from getting a grasp of the whole; an aesthetic intimacy bleeding into the uncontrollable poetic. This makes the poster walls which she photographed in twenty six countries, almost look like classical compositions as in the work of Kurt Schwitters. This ist he European way of doing it, a counterposition to American art like that of Robert Rauschenberg, where the classical rules do not apply."
"Like an archaeologist she is uncovering yesterday and preserving it for tomorrow"
Exhibitions
This is a table of exhibitions of Pola Brändle| 2006 | "boulevART - Kunst erobert den Kurfürstendamm" Ausstellung zum zehnjährigen Jubiläum des KUNSTHERBST BERLIN |
Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... , Germany |
| 2006 | Galerie Borchert+Schelenz | Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Galerie Borchert+Schelenz | Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Galerie Amadeus Art Berlin | Berlin, Germany |
| 2008 | Galerie Borchert+Schelenz | Berlin, Germany |
| 2008 | Kunstschau Berlin im Vosspalais | Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 | Europa Galerie | Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 | YBDD Showroom | Berlin, Germany |
| 2010 | Galerie Meisterschüler | Berlin, Germany |
| 2010 | TEASE ART FAIR #4 | Köln KOLN KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials... , Germany |
| 2010 | CoCA Center on Contemporary Art | Seattle, Washington, USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
| 2010 | untitled BCN | Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
| 2011 | 08. Berliner Kunstsalon | Berlin, Germany |
| 2011 | Rialto Living | Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Palma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The names Ciutat de Mallorca and Ciutat were used before the War of the Spanish Succession and are still used by people in Majorca. However, the official name... , Spain |
| 2011 | Galeria Flohr | Mallorca Mallorca Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca... , Spain |
| 2011 | Statkraft | Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... , Germany |
Literature
- Brändle, Pola: „Plakatief - A World in Layers“; Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld; ISBN 978-3-86678-484-0 http://www.amazon.de/Pola-Br%C3%A4ndle-Plakatief/dp/3866784848/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317033964&sr=8-1
External links
- Pola Brändle Webpage
- Pola Braendle's Blog
- Pola Brändle at Edition Kerber
- Pola Brändle at Start your Art Gallery
- Pola Brändle at Gallery Saatchi Online
- ML&S Mallorca Magazin - A world of layers
- abc Mallorca Magazin - Pola Brändle Exhibition
- Rialto Mallorca Magazin - Schicht für Schicht in die Tiefe
- Klinger Report
- DIE WELT - Das Plakat als Leidenschaft - Printausgabe
- DIE WELT - Geniestreiche mit Klebstoff - Printausgabe
- DIE WELT Online - Spielraum für Kunst
