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February 4, 2005 – April 2, 2005

‘Aurora Argentina: From Santa Fé to Tucumán – Cyanotypes by Georges Poulet’ is the first exhibition of early photographs to be mounted by the Galerie Daniel Blau in its new premises on Munich’s Odeonsplatz. The cyanotypes of Georges Poulet (Paris 1848 – after 1921) take us on a journey through Argentina, showing us the country and its people as they tell the story of how a railway was constructed from Santa Fé to Tucumán in the remote mountains of north-western Argentina.

Between 1890 and 1894 Poulet produced two series of cyanotypes in Argentina, including some multipartite panoramas. The more than one hundred photographs show scenes in the city and port of Santa Fé, rivers, swamps, grassy plateaux, villages, workers and local inhabitants.

Poulet’s cyanotypes of the railway construction in Argentina convey the full flavour of the pioneering spirit so characteristic of the nineteenth century. They also reveal a desire to record technological processes in an artistic way. The misty blues of the cyanotypes bathe the views selected and arranged by the photographer in a quite special atmosphere, the elegantly written captions in red ink at the bottom turning each sheet into a unified whole.

The exhibition is accompanied by a copiously illustrated publication in German and English with essays by Daniel Oggenfuss and Pirkko Rathgeber and a catalogue of all Poulet’s Argentinian cyanotypes. The catalogue is available from the Galerie Daniel Blau.

October 13, 2004 – November 15, 2004

November 20, 2003 – January 23, 2004

June 1, 2001 – July 31, 2001

December 9, 2000 – January 27, 2001

September 8, 2006 – October 14, 2006

September 11, 2004 – October 29, 2004

Once again, John Lurie brings his own genuine and soulful touch to the world. On this occasion, it is through his works on paper and their unique mixture of comedy, rawness, and emotion.Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1952, John Lurie moved to New York in 1976. With his brother, Evan, he formed the musical group The Lounge Lizards in 1978.

The Lounge Lizards, embedded in the frenetic downtown no-wave scene, drew their influences from jazz, classical, African, and other ethnic music. In the mid-80’s, Lurie scored and starred in the cult classic films “Stranger Than Paradise” and “Down By Law”. He has scored countless films, and was nominated for a Grammy for his score on “Get Shorty”. In the late 90’s, Lurie directed and acted in his own television series, “Fishing With John”, which has been described as “JacquesCousteau on LSD”. Lurie has been drawing and painting for 30 years.

Illness and the unseemly nature of the music business have caused him to drift from music, and for the last two years he has been able to focus his creative energies on painting. Naive and bittersweet, his drawings bear the mark of an outsider, a quality present throughout his idiosyncratic career. Lurie adds, “I like to draw and paint. It is a river to me. I am not an Indian.”

May 7, 2004 – June 5, 2004

November 30, 2006 – January 7, 2007

September 9, 2010 – October 1, 2010

From the 09—14 September, the Gallery Daniel Blau will be having a set of consecutive exhibitions by four exponents of the LE GUN artists collective: Robert Rubbish, Chris Bianchi, Stephanie von Reiswitz and Bill Bragg. Founding members of the LE GUN group and the publication of the same name, these London-based artists are united by the medium of illustration on paper.

9 September, 11—18 pm: Stephanie von Reiswitz
Munich-born and very much immersed in the London universe, Stephanie von Reiswitz depicts surreal tales of past glories and tragedies, while rendering through her sombre colours and shapes an aesthetic reminiscent of the Weimar Republic.

10 September, 18—21 pm: Chris Bianchi
A self-invented Maltesian, Chris Bianchi’s somewhat surreal ideas are rendered in landscapes where new perspectives lead onto more and the viewer will find their mind pleasantly boggled.

11 September, 11—18 pm: Robert Rubbish
A unique Londoner and notorious Soho character, Robert Greene (a.k.a. Robert Rubbish), comprises half of the Victorian punk revivalist duo, the Rubbish Men, and shares generously a slice of his world through an adventurous synthesis of drawings and writing.

12 September, 11—18 pm: Bill Bragg
An illustrator with an appreciation for the deeper shades that a pencil can afford, this Englishman depicts fragmentary tales of mystery and conjures unlikely characters in a beautifully noir-esque style.

After the Open Art Galerie Daniel Blau presents a group exhibition of all the members of LE GUN including Neal Fox, who already had two very successful solo shows at Galerie Daniel Blau.