Minimalist photo art
"In the context of the functional architecture of urban spaces, Guido Klumpe finds motifs that he stages with his camera as poetry of the mundane. His painterly images unfold an opulent effect with a reduced formal language and show us the beauty of the moment in the flow of everyday life."
ArtNow Gallery, Berlin
Art photography book
URBAN ESSENCE
101 photographs reveal the extraordinary in the unspectacular, the overlooked, the fleeting – and Wolfgang Zurborn turns them into visually dense series that evoke associations and leave room for your own stories.
The combination of painterly abstract architectural photography and often poetic, witty minimalist street photography makes this book unique.
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1 February – 1 March: “Annual Edition Exhibition of the Art Association Neustadt am Rübenberge”, Schloss Landestrost, Schlossstraße 1, Neustadt a. Rbg
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5 – 8 February: “Art Karlsruhe”, Messeallee 1, 76287 Rheinstetten
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14 – 17 May: “Photo Münsingen”, Belpbergstrasse 28c, CH-3110 Münsingen
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13 September – 10 October: “Guided Coincidence”, dual exhibition with Anna Beller, Galerie im Stammelbach-Speicher, Wachsmuthstraße 20/21, 31134 Hildesheim
Guido Klumpe
Guido Klumpe, born in 1971 in Osnabrück, creates minimalist photographs that transform urban architecture into abstract, almost painterly visual worlds. Through reduction, unusual perspectives, and deliberate composition, he challenges our habitual perception of space and reality.
His severe visual impairment fundamentally shapes his artistic vision: for Klumpe, the power of photography does not lie in seeing itself, but in the creative grasp of what is visible.
His visual language moves between abstraction and narration. Condensed views of urban architecture meet snapshots in the style of street photography, and this unusual combination opens up new perspectives on the urban environment – far from documentary reality, close to subjective imagination. These works result in visual constructs that stimulate the viewers’ imagination and powers of association.
With a precise eye for the everyday, he creates images inspired by Franco Fontana, Saul Leiter, and Piet Mondrian. Forms, lines, colors, and surfaces develop their own expressive force, allowing his work to offer a new, poetic view of the everyday – surprising, humorous, and full of visual tension.
His photographs have received numerous international awards, have been widely published, and shown in solo and group exhibitions at venues such as NordArt, Photo Kiev Fair, Artnow Gallery in Berlin, ImageNation Paris and New York, as well as the Xposure Festival in Dubai. He regularly wins prizes, including at the Minimalist Photography Awards, the Fine Art Photo Awards, and the Urban Photo Awards.
