You could say Aenne Biermann was born in the appropriate spot at the appropriate time. She came of age in Germany through the Weimar Republic when anything at all and everything in the arts and culture appeared possible. Then, sadly, she died at the age of just 34, two weeks prior to Hitler arrived to electric power. Even then – pardon the darkish humor – her timing was location on, and at minimum she was spared the horrors of the Holocaust.
Some of Biermann’s groundbreaking photographic function is at this time on clearly show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Artwork (TAMA), in an exhibition called “Up Shut and Personalized,” curated by Raz Samira. The screen is supported by the Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde Basis and the Munich-primarily based Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen arts companies.
“Up Close and Particular,” Biermann’s to start with solo exhibition in Israel, seems an apt moniker,