Marcos A. Zimmermann
Biografie (» english)
geb. 1950 in Buenos Aires, lebt in Buenos Aires
Marcos Zimmermann kam 1950 in Buenos Aires zur Welt. Er studierte am Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía in Buenos Aires Kinematografie, seine professionelle Karriere begann er als Standfotograf für Spielfilme. Als freier Fotograf lebte Zimermann mehrere Jahre in Rom, seine Bilder wurden in ganz Europa ausgestellt. Seit 1989 lebt und arbeitet er wieder in Argentinien. Er hat bislang zwölf Bücher herausgebracht, die sich mit der Identität seines Heimatlandes auseinandersetzen.
Marcos Zimmermann ist eine feste Größe der argentinischen Fotografie, er wurde unter anderem mit dem „Fundación El Libro's Prize” für das beste Buch über Argentinien und dem „Golden Pyramid Prize” für die beste fotografische Arbeit des Jahres gewürdigt.
Seine Werke sind in zahlreichen internationalen Museen und Sammlungen vertreten. In Deutschland werden sie im Rahmen einer großen Argentinien-Ausstellung am 21. September bei °CLAIR zu sehen sein sowie am 2. November in Berlin. °CLAIR vertritt Marcos Zimmermann in Europa.
Marcos Zimmermann schreibt:
Traumstein
“In einer Kurve jener verschlungenen Straße lag ein großer ovaler Stein, glatt wie der Rücken eines Wales. Darauf ruhte ich mich aus und schlief ein. Ich träumte von staubgrauen Wüsten, dunkeldichten Wäldern und endlosen Pfaden durch die weite Landschaft, die die kleinen Dörfer miteinander verbinden.
Aber ich träumte auch, dass der Stein, auf dem ich schlief, gar kein Stein war, sondern Mörtel, gemischt aus den Träumen aller, die vor mir hier geruht hatten. Wenn es mir gelänge, meine Träume an dieser Stelle zu lassen, könnten eines Tages andere kommen und die ihren in meine betten.”
Meine Arbeit ist das Ergebnis meiner Reisen, die mich viele tausende Kilometer durch Argentinien führen. Ihr Ziel: Die nationale Identität, die Wesenszüge des Landes, auch die, die es verloren hat, aufzuspüren. Während dieser Reisen frage ich mich oft, wie man die vielen Welten, die in unserer Heimat schlummern und die ich unterwegs entdecke, in Fotografie übersetzen kann.
Wir Fotografen wandern durch die sichtbare Welt, auf der Suche nach der Seele eines Ortes, einer Person, eines Gegenstands. So geht es in meinen Fotografien nicht nur um die Schönheit Argentiniens, sondern auch um den Charakter eines noch immer unfertigen Landes, wie er in Landschaften und Gesichtern lesbar wird. Ich nehme Gegebenheiten auf, die im ganzen Land zu finden sind, die uns zu dem machen, was wir sind und die für immer im Herzen desjenigen bleiben, der sie einmal gesehen hat.
Awards:
Fundación El Libro's Prize for Best Argentine Art Book.
Golden Pyramid Prize for the Best Photographic Work of the Year.
Leonardo Prize of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina.
Solo Exhibitions:
(Selection)
2010 - South American Nudes, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2009 - Marcos Zimmermann, the Eyes of Land at Instituto Crevantes, Tokyo, Japan.
2009 - Desnudos sudamericanos at Palais de Glace. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2008 - Un perro en el Paraíso at Vasari Art Gallery. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007 - Where Rivers Join the Sea at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA.
2006 - Marcos Zimmermann, fotografías 1989/1998 at the Fotogalería del teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2005 - Plantas autóctonas de la Argentina at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2004 - Norte Argentino, la tierra y la sangre at the Shadai Gallery in Tokyo and at the Museum of Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka, Japan.
2001 - Argentina, naturaleza para el futuro at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2000 - Serie del yacaré at the Centro Cultural Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1997 - Río de la Plata, río de los sueños at the Fotogalería del teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1995 - Patagonia, un lugar en el viento at the Centro de Promoción Argentino, Milan, Italy.
1993 - Patagonia, un lugar en el viento at the Instituto de Cultura Brasil-Argentina, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1990 - Marcos Zimmermann, fotografías at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1984 - Video Games at the Museo de Telecomunicaciones. Buenos Aires, Argentina,
1980 - Viale Angelico at Il Fotogramma Gallery, Rome, Italy.
Group Exhibitions:
(Selection)
2002 - Classic Beauty (exhibiting his work together with pieces of Baron Von Gloeden, Robert Mapplethorpe and Herb Ritts) at Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery. New York, USA.
2002 - Classic Beauty at Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery. New York, USA.
2001 - Fotografía Argentina at Photoespaña 2001, Madrid, Spain.
1999 - Myths, Dreams and Realities in Argentine Contemporary Photography at the International Center of Photography (I.C.P), New York, USA.
1998 - La colección del Museo at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1996 - La colección del Museo at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1995 - Luz y Tiempo. Manuel Alvarez Bravo Collection for the Televisa Cultural Foundation A.C. at the Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico.
1993 - Canto a la Realidad- Fotografía Latinoamericana 1860-1993. Exhibition of photographs from Erika Billeter’s book at the Casa de las Americas, Madrid, Spain.
1981 - Dog Show (with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Robert Frank, Josef Kudelka, Martine Franck, Elliot Erwitt etc.) at the Delpire Gallery, Paris, France.
Leading Collections:
Houston Museum of Fine Arts. USA (Curated by Anne Tucker).
John Szarkowski Collection for the Paine Webber Group. New York, USA.
Bank of América Collection. San Francisco, USA.
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts. Kiyosato, Japan (Curated by Eikoh Hosoe).
Shadai Gallery Collection. Tokyo, Japan.
Kyushu Sangyo Museum. Kyushu, Japan.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo Collection for the Fundación Cultural Televisa. Mexico.
Musée de la Photographie Charleroi. Belgium.
Cabinet des Estampes et de la Photographie de la Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris. France.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
And in private collections in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, USA, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.
Publications:
(As the author)
1991 - Patagonia, a Place in the Wind. Prologue by Adolfo Bioy Casares (MZ Ediciones; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1994 - Río de la Plata, River of Dreams (MZ Ediciones; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1994 - Siderca 40 years (Techint; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1998 - Northern Argentina, Land and Kin (MZ Ediciones; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2001 - Argentina, Nature for the Future (Nature for the Future Foundation Editions; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2004 - Patagonia, Last Frontier. Texts by Tomás Eloy Martínez (La Isla/ Blume Editions; Buenos Aires, Argentina/ Madrid, Spain).
2004 - Under the Stars, Images of the Inner Argentina. Prologue by Hector Tizón (Follio Gallery/ Waterous and Co.; Calgary, Canada).
2005 - Native Plants of Argentina (Ediciones Lariviére; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2007 - Route 40 (Nature for the Future Foundation Editions; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2008 - Argentina, the Landscape (Ediciones Lariviére; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2008 - A Dog in Paradise (MZ Ediciones; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2009 - South American Nudes (Ediciones Lariviére; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
And many other books and magazines.
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Marcos A. Zimmermann
born 1950 in Buenos Aires, lives in Buenos Aires
Marcos Zimmermann was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1950. He studied cinematography at the Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía in Buenos Aires and started his professional career as still photographer for feature films. For several years he lived in Rome, where he worked as a freelance photographer, his work being exhibited in various European countries. Since 1989, he has been working in Argentina, where he has so far published twelve books of photographs exploring the identity of his country.
Marcos Zimmermann has become a relevant figure in Argentine photography, having been awarded the „Fundación El Libro's Prize” for the Best Argentine Art Book and the „Golden Pyramid Prize” for the Best Photographic Work of the Year.
His work is currently exhibited in different museums and galleries in several countries. It will also be presented at a collective Argentina show on September 21st at °CLAIR gallery in Munich and on November 2nd in Berlin. Marcos Zimmermann is represented by °CLAIR.
Marcos Zimmermann in his own words
Dreamstone
“On a turn of that winding road I found a huge stone, oval and smooth as a whale’s back. I rested on it and fell asleep. I dreamed of deserts grey with dust, tangled forests and long roads joining tiny villages spread over those endless landscapes.
But I also dreamed that the stone on which I slept was not really a stone but pasty mortar formed by the superimposed dreams of those who had once slept there. And that if I could leave my dreams there, one day others would be able to lay their dreams on mine.”
About my work
My work is the result of traveling thousands of miles across Argentina, with the sole objective to show some features of its national identity, sometimes hidden or other times lost. During these journeys, I have often asked myself how to translate into photographs the infinite worlds contained within our country and which I have encountered along the way.
But we photographers wander through the visible world, trying to find the soul of a place, a person, a thing. That is why my photographs do not attempt to describe only the beauty of Argentina. Instead, they emphasize some characteristics of a still unfinished country, united by signs hidden within a landscape or in a face.
I seek to record those presences that could be found in hundreds of places within our country, which make us what we are and will remain forever in the heart of one who who has seen them.
Awards:
Fundación El Libro's Prize for Best Argentine Art Book.
Golden Pyramid Prize for the Best Photographic Work of the Year.
Leonardo Prize of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina.
Solo Exhibitions:
(Selection)
2010 - South American Nudes, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2009 - Marcos Zimmermann, the eyes of land at Instituto Crevantes, Tokyo, Japan.
2009 - Desnudos sudamericanos at Palais de Glace. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2008 - Un perro en el Paraíso at Vasari Art Gallery. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007 - Where Rivers Join the Sea at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA.
2006 - Marcos Zimmermann, fotografías 1989/1998 at the Fotogalería del teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2005 - Plantas autóctonas de la Argentina at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2004 - Norte Argentino, la tierra y la sangre at the Shadai Gallery in Tokyo and at the Museum of Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka, Japan.
2001 - Argentina, naturaleza para el futuro at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2000 - Serie del yacaré at the Centro Cultural Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1997 - Río de la Plata, río de los sueños at the Fotogalería del teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1995 - Patagonia, un lugar en el viento at the Centro de Promoción Argentino, Milan, Italy.
1993 - Patagonia, un lugar en el viento at the Instituto de Cultura Brasil-Argentina, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1990 - Marcos Zimmermann, fotografías at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1984 - Video Games at the Museo de Telecomunicaciones. Buenos Aires, Argentina,
1980 - Viale Angelico at Il Fotogramma Gallery, Rome, Italy.
Group Exhibitions:
(Selection)
2002 - Classic Beauty (exhibiting his work together with pieces of Baron Von Gloeden, Robert Mapplethorpe and Herb Ritts) at Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery. New York, USA.
2002 - Classic Beauty at Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery. New York, USA.
2001 - Fotografía Argentina at Photoespaña 2001, Madrid, Spain.
1999 - Myths, Dreams and Realities in Argentine Contemporary Photography at the International Center of Photography (I.C.P), New York, USA.
1998 - La colección del Museo at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1996 - La colección del Museo at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1995 - Luz y Tiempo. Manuel Alvarez Bravo Collection for the Televisa Cultural Foundation A.C. at the Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico.
1993 - Canto a la Realidad- Fotografía Latinoamericana 1860-1993. Exhibition of photographs from Erika Billeter’s book at the Casa de las Americas, Madrid, Spain.
1981 - Dog Show (with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, J. Henri Lartigue, Robert Frank, Josef Kudelka, Martine Frank, Eliot Erwit etc.) at the Delpire-Nouvel Observateur Gallery, Paris, France.
Leading Collections:
Houston Museum of Fine Arts. USA (Curated by Anne Tucker).
John Szarkowski Collection for the Paine Webber Group. New York, USA.
Bank of América Collection. San Francisco, USA.
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts. Kiyosato, Japan (Curated by Eikoh Hosoe).
Shadai Gallery Collection. Tokyo, Japan.
Kyushu Sangyo Museum. Kyushu, Japan.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo Collection for the Fundación Cultural Televisa. Mexico.
Musée de la Fotografie a Charleroi. Belgium.
Cabinet des Estamps et de la Photografie de la Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris. France.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
And in private collections of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, USA, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.
Publications:
(As the author)
1991 - Patagonia, a Place in the Wind. Prologue by Adolfo Bioy Casares
(MZ Ediciones; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1994 - Río de la Plata, River of Dreams (MZ Ediciones; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1994 - Siderca 40 years (Techint; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1998 - Northern Argentina, Land and Kin (MZ Ediciones; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2001 - Argentina, Nature for the Future (Nature for the Future Foundation Editions; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2004 - Patagonia, Last Frontier. Texts by Tomás Eloy Martínez (La Isla/ Blume Editions; Buenos Aires, Argentina/ Madrid, Spain).
2004 - Under the Stars, Images of the Inner Argentina. Prologue by Hector Tizón (Follio Gallery/ Waterous and Co.; Calgary, Canada).
2005 - Native Plants of Argentina (Ediciones Lariviére; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2007 - Route 40 (Nature for the Future Foundation Editions; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2008 - Argentina, the Landscape (Ediciones Lariviére; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2008 - A Dog in Paradise (MZ Ediciones; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
2009 - South American Nudes (Ediciones Lariviére; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
And many other books and magazines.
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