GEHRKE, Andreas

About Berlin photographer, Andreas GEHRKE (b.1975)

Andreas GEHRKE is a photographer whose work lies between documentary and architecture photography with a focus on the social role of architecture. He has self published roundabout a dozen photo volumes to date. Andreas GEHRKE lives and works in Berlin.

Photo books by and with photo works  Andreas GEHRKE

  • 'Topographie' (2011)
    'Der Spiegel' (2013)
    'IBM' (2013)
    'Quelle' (2013)
    'Noshek' (2016)
    'Landeszentralbank 2000 – 2016' (2017)
    'Brandenburg' (2017)
    'Land's End: Der Ort der 'Topographie des Terrors' im Spiegel zeitgenössischer Fotografie' (2019, with photo works by Joachim BROHM, Andreas GEHRKE, John GOSSAGE, Volker HEINZE, Kai-Olaf HESSE, Bettina LOCKEMANN as well as Michael SCHMIDT)
    'Berlin' (2021)
    'Fulghafen Berlin-Tempelhof' (2022)

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GEHRKE, Andreas - Berlin
GEHRKE, Andreas - Berlin
In his self published photo book, 'Berlin', Berlin-born photographer Andreas GEHRKE shows the well-documented German capital that many of us think we know in an extremely intimate way, as well as those radical upheavals that have so uniquely shaped Berlin
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Land's End
Land's End
'Land's End' shows photos that were taken in Berlin between 1981 and 2014 and used for the 'Topography of Terror' website. Photographs by Joachim BROHM, Andreas GEHRKE, John GOSSAGE, Volker HEINZE, Kai-Olaf HESSE, Bettina LOCKEMANN and by Michael SCHMIDT.
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GEHRKE, Andreas - Flughafen Berlin-Tegel
GEHRKE, Andreas - Flughafen Berlin-Tegel
For self-published book 'Berlin-Tegel Airport', Andreas GEHRKE documented the once crowded main terminal, the disused airfield and the abandoned outbuildings. His pictures show a juxtaposition of vision and standstill and how they finally became reality.
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GEHRKE, Andreas - Brandenburg
GEHRKE, Andreas - Brandenburg
'Brandenburg' by Andreas GEHRKE is a thoughtful portrait of that binding land surrounding the capital Berlin. In a consistent departure from the purely documentary, his images never refer to history, but form subtle allusions to structural, social changes
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GEHRKE, Andreas - Topographie
GEHRKE, Andreas - Topographie
Using a piece of lost landscape in the heart of Berlin, Andreas GEHRKE explores in 'Topography' whether places can preserve memories. This area, regularly visited & photographed over the course of a year, is only what it is, and yet it transports history.
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GEHRKE, Andreas - Landeszentralbank. 2000 - 2016
GEHRKE, Andreas - Landeszentralbank. 2000 - 2016
'Landeszentralbank. 2000 - 2016' by Andreas GEHRKE is based on the visual language of his trilogy on vacant buildings of post-war modernism in Germany. The photographs in the self-published photo book capture the building complex in an intermediate phase.
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Exhibitions
Group Shows (a selection)
  • 2000: 'Urban Diszipline', Hamburg
    2004: 'Underwater Retreats', Musterraum, Munich
    2006: 'Factitious', Galerie Pierogi, Leipzig
    2007: 'Pierogi Flatfiling', Art News Project, Berlin; 'Hela Havet Stormar', Galerie Pierogi, Leipzig; 'In Search Of Darkness - The Orpheus Selection', PS1, New York
    2008: 'Inkonstruktion III', Biesenthal, Germany; 'Apocalyptic Summer', Pierogi Brooklyn, New York; 'Gray Scale', Pierogi Leipzig; 'Pfadfinder', Kunsthalle M3, Berlin
    2009: 'Of Land', Kris Graves Project, New York
    2010: 'Inkonstruktion V', Art Biesenthal, Germany; 'Strampede', The Forgotten Bar, Berlin
    2011: 'Wald', Pavlov's Dog, Berlin; 'Don't Eat The Yellow Snow', Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin
    2013: 'Verlust, Blickwechsel', Märkisches Museum, Berlin
    2014: 'Roger Frei/ Andreas Gehrke/ Stefan Oláh', Architektur Galerie, Berlin
    2016: 'Berlin Raum Radar', Neue West, Berlin; 'Raw Desires: Brutalism and Violent Structures', Circle Culture Galerie, Berlin
    2017: 'Grenzen / Borders', Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main sowie VHS-photogalerie, Stuttgart; 'Lieux de Mémoire', Pavlov's Dog, Berlin
    2019: 'unsown - unausgesät', Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin
    2022: Ostfriesland Biennale, Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum, Emden
Solo Shows
  • 2008: 'Quiescent', Galerie Pierogi, Leipzig
    2010: 'Forst', Kris Graves Project, Brooklyn, New York
    2014: 'Incertitudes', ANCB/ Aedes, Berlin
    2016: Architekturschaufenster, Karlsruhe
    2021: 'Räume - Espaces', Goethe Institut, Bordeaux
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