At the centre of Berlin-based artist Katia Liebmann's work is the exploration of very simple and basic photographic instruments, such as the fix focus amateur camera and the camera obscura. One of the most important features of these cameras is that the pictures are produced with an unusually long exposure. As a result, Liebmann's works mainly render the immobile elements of urban spaces or landscapes. At the same time, the subjects of her photographs are reproduced in multiple layers, with their contours blurred. Something has happened, but we are not quite sure what it is.
Imagination takes over from reality.
Ranging from the famous Television Tower to quiet side streets in the eastern part of Berlin, these photographs provide a large variety of atmospheric impressions of the German capital. Katia Liebmann studied printmaking at the Kunsthochschule Berlin before completing her postgraduate degree in printmaking and photography at the Royal College of Art, London. In 1998, Liebmann was shortlisted for the Citibank Photography Award. Music of Unclear Origin is the title of a group of 40 gouache paintings created in 1996 by one of Germany's foremost contemporary artists. The exhibition reveals features that typify Sigmar Polke's artistic output, a body of works that has intrigued, puzzled and delighted viewers since the 60s.