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Heimat

My series Heimat at Dokumenta Halle Kassel.
December 6th 2012 - January 6th 2013 Das Vertraute im Fremden/Foreign Familiar in Manila und Yogyakarta

Langgeng Art Foundation Yogyakarta/Indonesien
http://langgengfoundation.org/
March 20 until April 9 2012 Foreign Familiar

In June 2011 the exhibition FOREIGN FAMILIAR, curated by Wolfgang Bellwinkel was opened at the BACC in Bangkok.
Participating photographers: Ferit Kuyas, Olivier Pin-Fat, Marrigje de Maar, Nick Nostiz, Bruno Quinquet, Laurence Leblanc, Graziella Antonini, Peter Steinhauer, Wolfgang Bellwinkel.
Rupture

The exhibition "Rupture" opened on November 25th.
Photographers: Agnes Dherbeys, Olivier Pin-Fat, Manit Srivanichpoom, Piyatat Hemmatat, Wolfgang Bellwinkel.
Kurator: Olivier Pin-Fat.

Wolfgang Bellwinkel continues his ongoing series on "the metropolis", a city in flux, a cacophony of scrambled visual over load - all expressed beneath the advertising tag-line - that delves into the very heart of rapid change, rapid decay and human isolation amidst both these bewildering dreams and sobering nightmares. In this sense he provides a powerful and multi-layered "context" that goes beyond historical documentation. Whilst viewing his 18 enormous prints, we find ourselves literally getting lost in detail, everything is sharp, every minute element as important as the other. When we pull away to try and make sense of this "context", we realize the images are rupturing, if not literally burning, the metropolis he has depicted is certainly smoldering. Its an apocalyptic vision that gives no precedence to one thing over another. All is important.
Olivier Pin-Fat, November 2010
25th. Shantaram

Shantaram
Shantaram is a global bestseller from ex-bankrobber, ex-junky and ex-smuggler Gregory David Roberts.
The book will be made into a film soon, directed by Mira Nair, starring Johnny Depp.
I met Roberts some 20 years ago in a cheap hotel in Colaba/Bombay and did a extensive portait of him at that time.
Here is a little teaser: Announcement New agency
With immediate effect i will be represented by the Cologne based agency laif
Berlin, August 2008There is a new series on this site: Lunchtime
You will find it under art work.
An interesting article about my new project in Bosnia - in german - is here: WELT Bosnia 1996/2008

Bosnia 1996/2008
12 years after his last visit Wolfgang Bellwinkel recently revisited places he photographed shortly after the end of the war in 1996. The combination of old and new images show the changes in a war-torn country, but moreover they convince as a reflection about time. Bangkok

Bangkok 2008
After short soujourns in Japan and Hanoi i'm back in Bangkok, probably until early April 2008. Exhibition

Exhibition of "Heimat"
From November 5th until February 10th my series "Heimat" will be shown together with artworks of Sigmar Polke at the St.Mathaeus Church in Berlin. Berlin, 1. July 2007After 6 years it's been time for a relaunch of my website. And here we are: There are new photographic works, a trailer of my film "weg" and a improved, user-friendly design. With the new site I'm able to upload images and texts myself without beeing dependent on a webmaster. I'm sure that leads to a less static and more informative site. I hope you will enjoy spending some time with it. ...back in BerlinSince July 22th I'm back in Berlin.
(ohne Titel: ce194)

My documentary film "weg" will be shown on October 13th at the Worldfilm Festival in Bangkok.
Synopsis
This documentary film by German photographer and film-maker Wolfgang Bellwinkel, protrays three foreigners whose home has become Bangkok - either through circumstance or choice.
We meet ex-junkie Chris, an American walking the edge between survival and recovery; English teacher Alex who has transformed the exotic into the ordinary, and underground photographer Nick who is fascinated by Bangkok's nightworld of crime and passion.
The film probes the central question: "Is home a physical reality or simply a state of mind?"