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UNTITLED (FUSE), 1995 silver gelatin paper, burned 18" x 14"	UNTITLED (FUSE), 1995 silver gelatin paper, burned 18" x 14"	UNTITLED (COALS), 1996 silver gelatin paper, burned 19.5" x 15.5"
UNTITLED (COALS), 1996 silver gelatin paper, burned 19.5" x 15.5"	UNTITLED (COALS), 1996 silver gelatin paper, burned 19.5" x 15.5"	UNTITLED (CLOTH), 1996 silver gelatin paper, burned 19.5" x 15.5"
UNTITLED (CLOTH), 1996 silver gelatin paper, burned 19.5" x 15.5"	UNTITLED (VODKA), 1995 silver gelatin paper, burned 13" x 10"	UNTITLED (VODKA), 1995 silver gelatin paper, burned 13" x 10"
	UNTITLED (VODKA), 1995 silver gelatin paper, burned 13" x 10"

A R T I S T ' S   S T A T E M E N T   :   M a r c o   B r e u e r   1 9 9 7

Obscuring the line between daily life and artistic production, I create photographic sketches as a daily exercise: photographic paper is exposed to a range of everyday objects and rituals, recording passages of time rather than moments.

Daily experience provides the basis for a process of re-personalization: a transformation of the familiar qualities of mundane items and ideas.

Working solely with commercially available black-and-white photo paper, I investigate the sensibilities beyond the materials predetermined usage. (Like any other consumer good, photographic paper comes with instructions and implications.)

These images are fabricated without the use of a camera by either employing the technique of the photogram (bringing the object in physical contact with the paper when exposing it to light) or by subjecting the paper itself to a range of erosive treatments.

UNTITLED (FUSE) These images record a process rather than a moment: in a darkroom a fuse is placed on silver gelatin paper and lit, resulting in a record of the passage of time. The paper is then developed, fixed and rinsed, producing a permanent, one-of-a-kind work.

UNTITLED (COALS) These images are achieved by placing silver gelatin paper on a coal fire inside a darkroom. The result is a pattern of light-exposed areas and burnt marks on the paper.

UNTITLED (CLOTH) An account of an act of destruction: a piece of cloth is placed on silver gelatin paper and lit. The burning cloth provides the light for its own photogram, the paper is exposed by the fire and the paper base is burned.

UNTITLED (VODKA) Alcohol is poured on silver gelatin paper and lit. This procedure is repeated over and over and the image is built up in layers.


A R T I S T ' S   R E S U M E   :   M a r c o   B r e u e r   1 9 9 7

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1997	"E/Z" Halsey Gallery, School of the Arts, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
1997	"AUFZEICHNUNGEN" Galerie Lichtblick, Koeln, Germany
1997	"VON EINEM TAG ZUM ANDERN" Kunsthaus Fischinger, Stuttgart, Germany
1997	"E/Z" Galerie Frank Haenel, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
1995	"NOTIZEN AUS DEM ABGELAUFENEN BEOBACHTUNGSZEITRAUM" Galerie Frank Haenel, Frankfurt/Main, Germany (installation)
1994	"SPRACHSTURZ" Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg/Forum Fotografie, Hamburg, Germany
1994	"IL MONDO ANIMALE" Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1997	"KIT" PS 122 GALLERY, NYC (two person show w/Steven Brower)
1997	"DIVERSE VISIONS//photographic perspectives" Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1996	"ART ON PAPER 1996" Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1996	"BY ANY MEANS" Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
1996	"DER ZERTEILTE BLICK" DuMont Kunsthalle, Koeln, Germany
1996	"THE NATURE OF LIGHT" Joyce Goldstein Gallery, NYC
1996	"AUSTERITY MEASURES" 214 LAFAYETTE, NYC
1996	"SELECTIONS SUMMER '96" The Drawing Center, NYC
1996	"PHOTOWORKS" OMNI GALLERY, Long Island, NY
1996	"INCESTUOUS" Thread Waxing Space, NYC
1995	"COLLABORATIONS" Kamin Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1995	"ARTIST IN THE MARKETPLACE" The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1994	"AUTOPARTICULATES" Metropolitan Transit Authority/Arts for Transit, NYC (installation w/Steven Brower)
1994	"PHOTOGRAPHY IN AN EXTENDED FIELD" White Columns, NYC
1994	"BREUER/CHAMBER" changing installation in "chamber 2", NYC
1993	Deutsche Fototage - Festival of Photography: "BORDERLINES" and "ANSICHTEN VON ALEXANDRA S." Frankfurt/Main, Germany ("BORDERLINES" traveled to Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany, 1994)
1993	"ESSENTIAL MATERIAL: SELECTED BOOK PROJECTS AT DIEU DONNE PAPERMILL" HarperCollins, NYC (traveled to The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, 1994)
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
1997	Andreas Lange "Versteckspiel - Marco Breuer bei Fischinger" Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany, March 24, p.11, ill.
1997	Sandra Danicke "Das Abbild der Spucke - Marco Breuers ungewoehnliche Photogramme in der Galerie Haenel" Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt, Germany, March 13, p.25, ill.
1997	Catalog: "DIVERSE VISIONS//photographic perspectives" Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, p.4, ill.
1996	Helen A. Harrison "PHOTOWORKS -Omni Gallery" The New York Times, July 21, p.10, ill.
1996	Catalog: "Art on Paper" Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, p.14, ill.
1995	Wilhelm Roth "Schrecken gehoert zum Maerchen - Fotoinstallation von Marco Breuer in der Galerie Haenel" Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt, Germany, August 29, p.21, ill.
1995	Anna Gripp "Marco Breuer - ANONYMOUS" Photonews - Zeitung fuer Photographie, Hamburg, Germany, February, pp.16-17, ill.
1995	Catalog: "Artist in the Marketplace" The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, pp. 9 & 12, ill.
1994	Ricarda Fraemcke "Bilder-weil der Tod sprachlos macht - Marco Breuer im Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe" Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg, Germany, December 1, p.11, ill.
1994	Catalog: "Marco Breuer - SPRACHSTURZ" Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany, 36 pages, ill.
1994	Wilhelm Roth "Lichtermeer und Schattenwelt - Arbeiten von Peter Roehr und Marco Breuer im Fotografie Forum Frankfurt" Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt, Germany, September 2, p.25, ill.
1994	"Marco Breuer - NOT THAT I KNOW" Camera Austria, Vol.47/48, p.101, ill.
1994	Anna Gripp "IL MONDO ANIMALE - Ein Fotoprojekt von Marco Breuer" Photonews - Zeitung fuer Photographie, Hamburg, Germany, March, pp.8-9, ill.
1993	Catalog: "Borderlines" Deutsche Fototage, Frankfurt, Germany, pp.32-33, ill.
EDUCATION
1988-92	Fachhochschule Darmstadt, Germany, Advanced Degree in Photography
1986-88	Lette-Verein Berlin, Germany, Degree in Photography