the silent view
The landscape photographs in "Kris Scholz – the silent view" captivate viewers with their clear visual composition and a strong tendency toward a cohesive arrangement of subject matter, form, and color. The resulting tension between objectivity and emotion bears traces of Scholz’s artistic and technical background, yet points far beyond the Becher School: Using a large-format camera (which Scholz had modified to a portable weight), he revives the historic paper negative process on baryta paper, thereby creating a sense of alienation that lends his landscape photographs an otherworldly quality. His chromogenic color prints, too, reveal more than what is immediately visible: According to Scholz himself, he aims to create images that resonate directly with the viewer’s inner imagery.
Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction
"Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction" was a renowned Sino-German exhibition project dedicated to contemporary photography that toured three museums and galleries in Germany and four Museums in China between 2017 and 2018. Curated by Gérard A. Goodrow and Kris Scholz, the project explored photography beyond its traditional documentary function.
Kris Scholz - Photography
"Kris Scholz - Photography" brings together four thematic areas from Scholz’s body of work: floral still lifes, landscape and architectural photography, and portraits. The photographs by Kris Scholz, published for the first time in "Photography," offer a representative overview of a body of photographic work whose character is shaped by the tension between objectivity and emotion and which also shines with breathtaking technical sophistication.
Bauhaus and Photography – On New Vision in Contemporary Art
The exhibition project "Bauhaus and Photography – On New Vision in Contemporary Art" was initiated and curated by Prof. Dr. Kris Scholz as part of the “100 Years of Bauhaus” anniversary program. It brings together works of New Vision, as exemplified by Bauhaus artists such as László Moholy-Nagy and Marianne Brandt, with contemporary artists such as Vivianne Sassen, Thomas Ruff, and Douglas Gordon. Contemporary photographs, sculptures, and video installations engage in a dialogue with photography from the Bauhaus decade. The publication was edited by Corina Gertz, Christoph Schaden, and Kris Scholz.
