Oliver Mark Explained

Oliver Mark
Birth Place:Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Known For:Photography

Oliver Mark (born 1963)[1] is a German photographer and artist known primarily for his portraits of international celebrities.

Work

In the 1990s, Mark began photographing celebrities. He made portraits of public figures including actors. His personal interest lies in contemporary artists and their creative world.[2]

He works with both a single-lens reflex camera and an old, 680 Polaroid. The instant photos produced by the Polaroid reveal Mark's familiarity and closeness to the subjects he portrays.[3]

Natura Morta

Mark's exhibition Natura Morta, which was presented in two parts at the Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the Natural History Museum Vienna in 2017, addresses how humans deal with nature and the environment, in particular the animal world, but also the aesthetics and beauty death. Mark's still life photographs were taken in the Asservat Chamber of the Federal Office for Nature Conservation in Bonn in 2015.[4] His idea was to photograph items seized by customs, such as leopard skulls, ivory carvings, crocodile and turtle products, protected animal and plant parts, etc. He photographed these using specific backgrounds and a method of lighting (Old Master-like daylight, lit only through a crack) to generate in the viewer a desire to observe. In the Vienna Natural History Museum, these items are sorted into three categories and exhibited in context with different animal specimens, to address the topic of species protection. The photographs were presented in historical picture frames. This created a dialog in the Paintings Gallery of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts between the different genres of painting and photography as well as the painted or photographed still lifes.

Personal life

Mark is the father of two sons and lives in Berlin.[5]

Publications

Solo exhibitions

Collections

Mark's work is held in the following permanent collections

Gallery


See also

References

  1. Web site: 2023-06-03. Oliver Mark. Hatje Cantz.
  2. Web site: Oliver Mark Portraits Portraitfotografie. fotografr.de. 24 November 2009. de-DE. 13 October 2018.
  3. News: Fotograf Oliver Mark: Prominente auf Polaroid. Die Zeit. 13 October 2018. de.
  4. Web site: Der Fotoband Natura Morta ist in der Asservatenkammer des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz entstanden und erinnert an die Bedeutung der Artenvielfalt – Kehrer Verlag . 13 October 2018 . Kehrer Verlag . de.
  5. Web site: Oliver Mark - kunstgebiet.ruhr. kunstgebiet.ruhr. 13 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180922211408/https://kunstgebiet.ruhr/kuenstler/kuenstler-von-a-z/oliver-mark/. 22 September 2018. dead.
  6. Web site: Oliver Mark Fotografie Hatje Cantz Verlag. Hatje Cantz. 17 September 2018.
  7. Web site: Bücher Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung – Heimat verpflichtet. de. 17 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180917215435/https://www.politische-bildung-brandenburg.de/shop/Brandenburger/Brandenburg/Heimat-verpflichtet.html. 17 September 2018. dead.
  8. Web site: Liechtenstein National Museum. Liechtenstein National Museum. en-US. 17 September 2018.
  9. Web site: Oliver Mark Fotografie Hatje Cantz Verlag. Hatje Cantz. 17 September 2018.
  10. Web site: Oliver Mark – Aus den Trümmern kriecht das Leben by b.frank. en. 17 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828043727/http://bfrankbooks.com/product/oliver-mark-aus-den-tr%C3%BCmmern-kriecht-das-leben. 28 August 2018. dead.
  11. Web site: Der Fotoband Natura Morta ist in der Asservatenkammer des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz entstanden und erinnert an die Bedeutung der Artenvielfalt – Kehrer Verlag. de. 17 September 2018.
  12. Bilder der Ausstellung '7 Artist And 1 Nude' von Oliver Mark. 8 September 2011. Rolling Stone. 14 October 2018. de-DE.
  13. News: Oliver Mark – Portraits. Kunstverein. 22 September 2018.
  14. Web site: Heimat verpflichtet. Märkische Adlige – eine Bilanz nach 20 Jahren. von Schellhorn, Martina u. Oliver Mark.: Potsdam Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung 9783932502606 – Antiquariat Maralt. zvab.com. 14 October 2018.
  15. Web site: Liechtenstein National Museum. Museum. Liechtenstein National. llm.li. 14 October 2018.
  16. Web site: Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz –, INFORMATIONEN ZUR AUSSTELLUNG. kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de. 14 October 2018.
  17. Web site: Liechtenstein National Museum . Liechtenstein National Museum . 13 October 2018.
  18. Web site: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien – sonderausstellungen. nhm-wien.ac.at. 13 October 2018.
  19. Web site: Natura Morta – Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien. 17 September 2018. de.
  20. Web site: Ausstellungsdetail. de.
  21. Web site: Art Faces – Artist Portraits in the Würth Collection. en. 7 February 2019.
  22. News: Expoziţia de fotografie "Celebrităţi" l-a adus, la Suceava, pe artistul fotograf german Oliver Mark. El a donat Muzeului Bucovinei una dintre lucrările sale. 26 October 2017. NewsBucovina. 15 October 2018. ro-RO.
  23. News: Spiritualitatea profundă surprinsă în expoziţia "Bucovina – Mănăstirile trăiesc" a artistului fotograf Oliver Mark, vernisată la Muzeul de Istorie din Suceava în prezența autorului. 11 November 2018. NewsBucovina. 19 November 2018. ro-RO.

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