The idea of Carte Blanche is to provide a platform for contemporary art now. Local and International creatives and artists will be given the opportunity to show their works in a virtual gallery online and a gallery space at the Aurora premises.

November 2021

Felix Friedmann

Felix Friedmann was born in Basel, Switzerland and lives and works in London, UK. His interest has always been discovering the traces and relics of our way of life. The apparent lightness of the subject appeals to us just as the focus on the insignificant. The attention focuses on the overlooked and the neglected and will be directed towards what essentially defines our environment. In the context of Felix Friedmann ́s artistic work, the artist uses photographs like individual elements and creates stories that tells us about our habits and attitudes as well as our relationship with the world. Friedmann's works have been shown in solo as well as group exhibitions like the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition,London, UK, Kunstsammlung Land Oberösterreich, Traders Pop Gallery, Maastricht, Sunday Gallery, Zurich, Hotshoe Gallery , London to name a few. The art works are included in private and publich collections in the UK, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Poland and the USA.

„Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.“

— Don McCullin

About

Felix Friedmann
LUIS BARRAGAN CUADRA SAN CRISTOBAL AND MORE

Felix Friedmann shows his own subjective interpretation of the reality in his works. He wants to be real, authentic and as close as possible to the viewer's perception.

The Leica aesthetics with its inherent softness and depth as well as the proximity to 3D is perceptible in most of the photographies shown. More like a painting, the works play with light and the series of works shown in the main room are the best practice of how negatively exposed films turn to be much softer in appeal.

The work moonlight residential and the wall was only possible due to the full moon light so that the shadows of the wall could be seen in the darkness.

The whole series was photographed within a 12 hour shoot on the 4th of December 2017. noon till midnight, some shots lit by moonlight. The purpose of the shoot was photographing this incredibly stunning and magical site for a book alongside a solo show of artworks by Sean Scully curated by Oscar Humphries.

Triggered by a process of existential questions, doubts, surprises and emotions, Felix Friedmann’s work provokes new questions regarding indecisions and uncertainties. Human traces, legacies between appreciation and claim of dominance up to exploitation, direct the viewer's attention to the unmistakable and previously ignored.

The perceived world seems to become thre stage on which the game of life is played. His pictures remain cautiously abstract like individual words that enable the viewer to discover his own stories, big or small.

Stories in which no conclusive answer can be found, but which are characterized by the open end and the tension of the unknown of suspense and speculation.

Felix Friedmann's works often seem closer to painting than to clear photography. The choice of motivs remains strongly inspired by everyday life.

Recurring and repetitive moments that are the same but still differ from one another due to their unique atmosphere. The viewer quickly feels familiar with the picture, but however notices that it has not been seen in this way. Perhaps it is precisely those things that Felix Friedmann is able to capture in his photographies, which are easily overlooked in everyday life due to their lightness, but which come to the fore in Friedmann ́s artistic representation.

The Carte Blanche #3 is a selction of Felix Friedmann’s vast oeuvre.

The work shown at the Aurora

All prices are without VAT. They are sold directly by the artist to the customer with a certificate of authenticity and invoice.

All works/ pictures are prints from 35mm analog negative. Drymounted on Dibond / Acrylic Glass (Diasec)

**Untitled - Luis Barragan Cuadra San Cristobal**
120 x 80 cm
2.700 €

**Untitled - Luis Barragan Cuadra San Cristobal**
70 x 52.5 cm
1.400 €

**Untitled - Luis Barragan Cuadra San Cristobal**
120 x 96 cm
2.800 €

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THE IDEA

The aim is to curate the Hotel’s art specifically - we want there to be good stories and a lasting wellbeing for the guests as well as try to make them have a unique and distinctive experience. The interplay of art design and the Hotel Aurora’s architecture is what characterizes this special place in South Tyrol. The historic hotel in Merano is marked by art treasures and designer pieces that one can find throughout the hotel as well as in every room and this is what makes the Aurora so outstanding. Carte Blanche will host about 6 art exhibitions per year and is keen on giving artists the opportunity to also create site specific works for the hotel that will be shown permanently. The shown art works as well as art editions of works on display will be available at the Hotels Aurora’s own art corner.

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THE CURATOR

The upcoming exhibitions will be curated by the freelance curator Eva von Ingram Harpf. Curator Eva von Ingram Harpf, 1987, after graduating from Bocconi University in Milan with a thesis in Art Banking worked at Johann König Gallery in Berlin, as well as Ghetta Gallery, Ortisei and holds a Master´s degree in Contemporary Art from Sothebys London. Since 2012 she works as an independent curator and art adviser and is based in Bolzano, Südtirol, Italy. She is a member of the board of ar/ge Kunst Bozen and founder of y-contemporary platform.

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