Rosa Frank

An Exhibition by Rosa Frank with photos and pictures of Raimund Hoghe's work

Photographer Rosa Frank documented Raimund Hoghe's work for more than 30 years. Rosa Frank was a chronicler and documenter of his work as well as a continuous interlocutor and companion of his choreographic processes. - fascinated by common artistic questions, his aesthetics of austerity, the game of exhibiting and concealing. She photographed during rehearsals, during the fragile and multifaceted moments of creation, during trips for guest performances, in moments of close proximity. In 2010 an exhibition of her photographs was at DANCE, and now - after Hoghe's unexpected death in 2021 - the lively, powerful dialogue between choreographer and photographer has transformed into a homage to and a remembrance of his work. For the first time in Munich photographs with colorful, analogue traces of movement will be exhibited. "When I release the shutter," says Frank, "I see more than what I find later in the photographs." There are energetic moments that she adds to the photographs by hand and thus gives expression to this different way of seeing. In doing so, she establishes ties with her studies of free art under Arnulf Rainer in Vienna, who inspired her to deal on the surface with people, the human body, the human figure in space.

In the Artist Talk with Katja Schneider, Rosa Frank will talk about her work with Raimund Hoghe and projects with the new company Hoghe + Schulte.

Rosa Frank, born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, studied painting under Arnulf Rainer in Vienna. Via fine arts she made her way to photography. She made a name for herself with portraits of well-known actors, musicians, dancers, and visual artists - including the 30-year collaboration with the choreographer Raimund Hoghe. In addition to her photographic work, Frank has once again devoted herself to painting and drawing, for which she uses her dance and portrait photographs as a foundation. Her photographs have been exhibited at numerous international dance and photography festivals. Rosa Frank lives and works in Cologne and works throughout Europe.

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