Biography Ralf Obergfell

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1 biography

1.1 london

1.1.1 last stop routemasters
1.1.2 gutterslut
1.1.3 beautiful freaks


1.2 southeast asia

1.2.1 urak lawoi


1.3 berlin





biography

obergfell born in freiburg, germany in 1971 , grew in nearby staufen im breisgau. lived in london 1991 2010 trained @ university of arts london, gaining bachelor of arts in 1999. obergfell lives , works in berlin, germany , travels extensively in southeast asia.


london
last stop routemasters

obergfell lived in london 1991 2010. in 2004, joined photodebut, london-based collective of twenty-five new photographic artists. work later appeared in case study, art photography volume released collective. first solo exhibition last stop: routemasters, focusing on design, cultural , social aspects of aec routemaster, shown @ london transport museum in 2008. critical response exhibition , associated multimedia projects positive, time out london describing plumbline reservoir of emotions associated [routemaster]. eponymous book accompanying exhibition later nominated london and/or photography book prize.


in 2005, bbc broadcaster robert elms said of style of photography in last stop routemasters, s beautiful [...] s bus porn . project described in artreview [a]n invaluable account of greatest bus on earth . project reviewed positively in time out london called [a] fascinating set of photographs , featured in magazine s critic s choice section in june 2008. reviewer obergfell s hometown newspaper, badische zeitung wrote photographs have timeless quality , serve important reminder generations come .


gutterslut

working in creative collaboration artist jonny woo , djs per qx , nic fisher, obergfell co-organized lgbt club event gutterslut in london during period. gutterslut later referred guardian east london staple . time out london included event among critics picks, describing east london s hedonistic polysexual tranny bash . gutterslut attended partygoers, drag artists , celebrities including pet shop boys singer neil tennant said of party: these days, go berghain [the infamous berlin club] on sunday lunchtime, or gutterslut in east london. [...] crazy nights ridiculous drag queens, not people taking photos of dj night.


in summer of 2012, obergfell, fellow gutterslut organisers, hosted big top stage @ annual lovebox festival in victoria park, london. gutterslut hosted renowned underground artists dj hell , felix da housecat @ xoyo in london in 2014.


beautiful freaks

obergfell s involvement in gutterslut influenced work photographer. during period, obergfell began experiment artistic portrait photography. working in collaboration installation artist tony hornecker, created second solo exhibition, beautiful freaks, in 2009, first shown @ dalston superstore photographs featuring drag artists appeared @ east london nightclubs around time. dalston superstore referred obergfell s photographs images become historical, , mark period in time.


critical reception beautiful freaks positive despite controversial subject matter, featured depictions of many wonderful , depraved acts according gallery. in interview i-d magazine, obergfell described project portraiture series , tribute our friends, of london s iconic creatures of night. show later selected displayed @ royal college of art in london part of gender , performance group show.


southeast asia
urak lawoi

starting in 2004, obergfell has regularly worked in southeast asia, creating photographic travelogues , working on photojournalistic projects in indonesia (bali, borneo), malaysia, vietnam, thailand, myanmar , cambodia. photographing @ sea on fishing boat when 2004 indian ocean earthquake , tsunami occurred. boat capsized tidal wave. obergfell s storytelling , photography related incident have been featured in various international media, including outthere/travel, guardian , bbc world service radio programme outlook.


documentary photographs taken obergfell of urak lawoi used in 2007 unesco study urak lawoi of adang archipelago, thailand supin wongbusarakum. obergfell collected photographs taken throughout region exhibition called urak lawoi. selections collection shown in berlin in 2016. group exhibition featured in petaling jaya, malaysia in 2017 , solo exhibition take place in london.


berlin

in 2010 obergfell moved berlin when long-time collaborator tony honecker became resident artist @ prinzessinnengarten staged installation art under moniker pale blue door.


obergfell opened photographic studio in neukölln in 2010 pursue various artistic projects. revived beautiful freaks exhibition in 2012 in berlin. revival of beautiful freaks received positive reviews in both local , international press. selections exhibition shown on blog faceculture. berliner zeitung referred exhibition twisted , wonderful .


until 2013, obergfell continued organise gutterslut events @ berlin clubs sisyphos, vögelchen (formerly hubertuslounge) , chalet.


his recent work includes ongoing series entitled poikas focuses on artistic portrait photography of men, using amateur models. series examines expressions of everyday masculinity in context of late-capitalism , gentrification.








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