HANZLOVÁ, Jitka - Catalog Fundación Mapfre

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This monograph on the work of czech photographer Jitka HANZLOVÁ accompanied a retrospetively designed traveling exhibition.

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The photographs in the catalog on the work of Jitka HANZLOVÁ are equally captivating for their objectivity and their empathy; the composition feels polished yet coincidental, the colors are soft and fragile and yet they lend a tangible materiality to what is portrayed. The catalog accompanying the artist’s first survey exhibition at the Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, gathers together her most important series from 1990 till today:
'Rokytnik', focusing on the artist’s hometown in Eastern Bohemia, is followed by 'Bewohner' (Inhabitants) and 'Hier' (Here), explorations of the Ruhr environment; for 'Forest' the artist returned to the forests of her Czech homeland. Presented are also the series 'Brixton', 'Cotton Rose' (as photo book published in 2018), and 'Leonardo', as well as the most recent 'Horse' and 'Flower' series (published as photo books 'Horse' and 'Vanitas' in 2018) series." ( © Kehrer Verlag, 2012)

About the Czech photographer, Jitka HANZLOVÁ (b. 1958)

Jitka HANZLOVÁ escaped to Germany in 1982. Between 1987 and 1994 she studied visual communication at Essen University with focus on photography. She has been awarded several photography awards, including the BMW—Paris Photo Prize 2007.  Venues for solo exhibitions of her work have included, among others, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Fundacion MAPFRE, Madrid, and the National Gallery of Edinburgh.

Photobooks by and on the work of Jitka HANZLOVÁ

'Rokytnik' (1994)
'Bewohner' (1996),
'Female' (2000),
'Forest' (2006),
'Hier' (2013),
'Horse' (2015)
'Vanitas' (2018) and
'Cotton Rose' (2018)