Axel Hütte (German, born )

Axel Hütte (German, b.1951) is a photographer associated with the Düsseldorf School of Photography, and is best known for his nighttime landscapes taken using long exposures. Born in Essen, he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1973 until 1981 under Bernd and Hilla Becher, and became part of a group of German artists that included Andreas Gursky and Thomas Ruff.

These artists, known as the Düsseldorf School, developed an aesthetic based on the tradition of Neue Sachlichkeit and characterized by deadpan, documentary-style images. Hütte’s series As Dark/As Light (2001) captures cities around the world at night, with an emphasis on carefully constructed, geometric compositions. Long exposures crystallize Hütte’s landscapes, giving them a painterly, timeless quality. His work has been exhibited at the Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern in Valencia, Spain, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. He lives and works in Düsseldorf.

Timeline

1951
Born in Essen, Germany
1973–1981
Studied at the Academy of Art Düsseldorf; Master Student of Prof. Bernd Becher
1982
DAAD Scholarship for London
1985
Scholarship for the Deutsches Studienzentrum Venedig
1986–1988
Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship
1993
Recipient, Hermann Claasen Prize
Currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany

Exhibitions

2018
Axel Hütte. Imperial and Majestic, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria (solo)
2018
Axel Hütte, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland (solo)
2018
Image Profile. Aspekte des Dokumentarischen in der fotografischen Sammlung des MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2018
Bernd, Hilla and the Others, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017
Axel Hütte. Frühwerk, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop, Germany (solo)
2017
Axel Hütte. Night and Day, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
2017
Fotografien werden Bilder, Die Becher-Klasse, Städel Museum, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2016
My Phantasies, Neue Bilder, Zeichnungen, Skulpturen, Videos und Installationen in der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2009-2016, K21 STÄNDEHAUS, Düsseldorf, Germany
2016
fotokunst aus der sammlung, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Germany
2016
Reflection, Daniel Marzona, Berlin (solo)
2016
Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers, curated by Martin Parr, Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre, London
2016
Der typologische Blick - Ausstellung für Hilla Becher, Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln
2015
Axel Hütte, Ferne Blicke, Art Foyer DZ Bank Art Collection, Frankfurt/M (solo)
2015
Shadows of Light, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid (solo)
2015
Faszination Fotografie, Essl Museum, Vienna
2015
Landscape in my Mind - Landscape Photography Today: Hamish Fulton to Andreas Gursky, Kunstforum Wien, Vienna
2015
Room in Room, Grüntuch Ernst Lab, Ehemalige Jüdische Mädchenschule, Berlin
2015
Déjà-vu, Art Foyer DZ Bank Art Collection, Frankfurt/M
2015
Human Nature. Art Collection Deutsche Börse, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
2014
The Marseillaise / fifteen years of collecting, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014
Human Nature, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Eschborn, Germany
2014
Heimat - Fotografien aus der DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2014
Paisaia Erdibitua / Paisaje Escindido, Museo San Telmo, San Sebastián, Spain (solo)
2014
Fantasmi e realtà, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, La Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy (solo)
2014
Fantasmi e realtà, FONDAZIONE FOTOGRAFIA, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Foro Boaria, Modena, Italy (solo)
2014
Risparmio di Modena, Foro Boaria, Modena, Italy (solo)
2014
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, La Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy (solo)
2014
FONDAZIONE FOTOGRAFIA, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Modena, Italy (Solo)
2014
Heimat - Fotografien aus der DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2013
Paisaje escindido, Palacio Municipal de Exposiciones Kiosco Alfonso, A Coruña, Spain (solo)
2012
Heimat - Fotografien aus der DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Germany
2012
Religion und Riten, Art Foyer DZ Bank Art Collection, Frankfurt/M, Germany
2012
Unbestimmtheitsstellen - Zur Genese des fotografischen Bildes, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, Germany
2011
Segment #1, Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
2011
Under Trees. The Germans and the Forest, German Historical Museum, Berlin, Germany
2011
terra incognita. Weltbilder - Welterfahrungen, Universitätssammlungen. Kunst+Technik, TU Dresden, Germany
2011
Emerald Woods, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (Solo)
2011
Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain (Solo)
2011
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Frankfurt(M), Germany (Solo)
2011
Emerald Woods, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (Solo)
2011
Photographs - At Eye Level, Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
2011
Die Erfindung der Wirklichkeit - Photographie an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf von 1970 bis heute, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
2011
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
2011
Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2011
Emerald Woods, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
2010
F/Stop 4. Internationales Fotografiefestival, Leipzig, Germany
2010
Albert Renger-Patsch / Axel Hütte - Rheingau, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
2010
Towards the Wood, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
2010
Bella Italia, Art Foyer, DZ Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2010
Die Bilder tun was mit mir... - Einblicke in die Sammlung Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2009–2010
Die Düsseldorfer Schule - Photographien 1970-2008 aus der Sammlung Lothar Schirmer, Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich, Germany
2009
Urban Spaces, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires
2009
Querschnitt-Hängung #4, Kunstwerk. Sammlung Alison und Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf
2009
Natur. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der ALTANA Kunstsammlung, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2009
Espèces d'espace, MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, France
2009
En Tierras Extrañas, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain (solo)
2009
Axel Hütte: Out of Darkness, Waddington galleries, London, Uk (solo)
2008
Axel Hütte, Fundación Telefonica, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2008
Axel Hütte. Fog and Fire, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Berlin, Germany (solo)
2008
Low Contemporary, ' Las Vegas/Atlanta/Miami/Dallas/Minneapolis', Gstaad, Switzerland
2008
Bank Austria, Fotografis: Collection Reloaded, Vienna, Austria
2008
La photographie à Düsseldorf, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, France
2008
Real. Photography from the collection of the DZ BANK, Städel, Frankfurt, Germany
2008
Sichtbarwerden. Fotografische Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2008
Visite. Von Gerhard Richter bis Rebecca Horn. Werke aus der Sammlung
2008
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
2008
Licht-Bilder: Von Alfred Stieglitz Bis Andreas Gursky, BA-CA Kunstforum, Vienna
2007
Die Kunst zu sammeln Museum, Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2007
Revue – Zehn Jahre Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
2007
Ziemlich hoch, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Germany
2007
FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER! light, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
2007
Die Liebe zum Licht, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
2006
Mário Sequeira Gallery Braga, Portugal
2006
Weddington Galleries London, UK (cat.)
2006
Axel Hütte. Places, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
2006
North / South, Galeria Helga de Alevear, Madrid, Spain
2006
Axel Hütte. North - South, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Høvikodden, Norway (cat.)
2006
Schirmer / Mosel Showroom Munich, Germany
2006
FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER!, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
2006
Trans Emilia, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (cat.)
2005
Welt-Bilder, Helmhaus Zurich, Switzerland
2005
Jenseits von Arkadien - Natur und Landschaft in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2005
Nueva tecnología - nueva iconografía - nueva fotografía, Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, Spain
2005
Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar (Solo)
2004
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Frankfurt, Germany
2004
Yet Untitled - Photographs from the B. Künne Collection, Det Nationale Fotomuseum Copenhagen (cat.)
2004
Das Geheimnis der Photographie, Teil II. Landschaft & Stilleben, Internationale Tage Ingelheim (cat.)
2004
Terra incognita. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Palacio de Velázquez, M.N.C.A.R.S. Madrid (Solo)
2003
Ansicht, Aussicht, Einsicht, Architekturphotographie, Museum Bochum, Germany
2003
Realidad y Representación. Coleccionar paisajes hoy, Fotocolectania, Barcelona, Spain
2003
Die Neue Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany
2003
Travesia cuatro, Madrid, Spain
2003
Miradas y conceptos en la coleccion Helga de Alvear, Centro Cultural San Jorge, Caceres, Spain
2002
Heute bis jetzt, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
2002
Cohan Leslie and Browne Gallery, New York, USA (Solo)
2002
Kunst auf der Zugspitze, Neues Museum in Nuremberg, Germany
2002
Zwischen Schönheit und Sachlichkeit, Kunsthalle in Emden (cat.)
2002
In Szene gesetzt, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
2002
Heute bis jetzt, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
2002
As Dark As Light, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway (Solo)
2002
Neue Fotografien, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
2002
Continentes, Sala de Exposiciones del Patio de Escuelas, Universidad de Salamanca.(Solo)
2002
Axel Hütte, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Holland (Solo)
2001
As Dark As Light, Huis Marseille Foundation for Photography, Amsterdam, Holland (Solo)
2001
An Eye for the City, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, USA
2001
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany (Solo)
2001
Neue Fotografien, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
2001
Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar, Munich, Germany (Solo)
2000
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany (cat.)
2000
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Holland (Solo)
2000
Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece (Solo)
2000
Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium (Solo)
2000
Goethe-Institut, Torino, Italy
2000
Zeigenössische Positionen der Architekturphotographie, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Germany (cat.)
2000
How you look at it - Photographien des 20. Jahrhunderts, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
2000
Ansicht / Aussicht / Einsicht- Architekturphotographie, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
2000
Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2000
Fecit. Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Mataré Sammlung, Kleve, Germany (Solo)
2000
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid (Solo)
2000
Kontinente, Haus der Preussag AG, Hannover, Germany (Solo)
1999
Reconstructing Space: Architecture in Recent German Photography, Architectural Association, London, Great Britain
1999
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (Solo)
1999
Galleri K. Oslo, Norway (Solo)
1999
Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France (Solo)
1999
Von Beuys bis Cindy Sherman - Sammlung Lothar Schirmer, Kunstverein Bremen/Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
1998
Musee-Chateau d'Annecy, Annecy, France (cat.) (Solo)
1998
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Holland (Solo)
1998
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
1998
Stephen Wirtz Gallery San Francisco, USA (solo)
1997
Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium (Solo)
1997
Hannover Kunstverein Hannover, Germany (Solo)
1997
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (cat.) (Solo)
1997
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Germany (Solo)
1997
Musei Civici Rubiera, Reggio Emilia, Italy (cat.) (Solo)
1996
Burnett Miller Galerie, Los Angeles, USA (Solo)
1996
Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany (Solo)
1996
Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France (Solo)
1996
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Holland (Solo)
1995
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany (cat.) (Solo)
1994
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Hamburg, Germany
1993
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany (cat.) (Solo)
1993
Kunstraum München, Germany (cat.) (Solo)
1993
Eleni Koroneu Gallery, Athens, Greece (Solo)
1993
Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France (Solo)
1992
Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, Germany (cat.) (Solo)
1992
Fonds regional d'art contemporain, Marseille, France (cat.) (Solo)
1991
Galerie Bruges la Morte, Brügge, Belgium (Solo)
1990
Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France (Solo)
1990
Glenn & Dash Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (Solo)
1990
Galerie Módulo, Lisbon, Portugal (Solo)
1989
Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam, Holland (Solo)
1988
Regionalmuseum, Xanten, Germany (cat.) (Solo)
1988
At the End of the Century - 100 Years of Architecture, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York ; U.S.A.
1988
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
1988
Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany
1988
Landschaft - Die Spur des Sublimen, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany Museum of Contemporary Art , Tokyo, Japan
1988
Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
1988
Musée-Château d'Annecy, Annecy, France (Solo)
1987
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland. (cat.) (Solo)
1987
Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany (Solo)
1987
Actualites, London, Great Britain (Solo)
1987
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany (Solo)
1984
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, Germany (Solo)
1983
Einblicke-Ausblicke, Städtische Galerie Regensburg, Germany (cat.)
1982
Lichtbildnisse, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Germany (cat.)
1980
ars viva, Museum Lüneburg / Kunsthalle Nuremberg, Germany (cat.)
1979
In Deutschland, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Germany (cat.)

Literature

2005
Axel Hütte: North – South, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Hovikodden, Norway, Text von Hanne Holm-Johnsen, 2005
2004
Axel Hütte: Terra Incognita, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia,Madrid, Texte von Rosa Olivares und Julio Llamazares, 2004
2002
Axel Hütte: Secret Garden, Misty Mountain, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin/ Holzwarth Publication, Berlin 2002
2001
Axel Hütte: As Dark as Light, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Texte von Els Barents / Rudolf Schmitz 2001
2000
Axel Hütte: Kontinente, Preussag AG Hannover, Texte von Cees Nooteboom, München 2000
2000
Axel Hütte: Fecit, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Texte von Guido deWerd und Roland Mönig, Kleve, 2000
1997
Axel Hütte: Terre di Canossa, Musei Civici Rubiera, Text von Hans Irrek, Reggio Emilia 1997
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