Sven Marquardt – "NYC/22"

Sven Marquardt – "NYC/22"

Auguststraße 61 Berlin, 10117, Germany Thursday, March 2, 2023–Saturday, April 22, 2023


from the series "stageless": patrick by sven marquardt

Sven Marquardt

from the series "STAGELESS": Patrick, 2019

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from the series "stageless": azama by sven marquardt

Sven Marquardt

from the series "STAGELESS": Azama, 2019

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from the series "stageless": mirela by sven marquardt

Sven Marquardt

from the series "STAGELESS": Mirela, 2019

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from the series "stageless": marten by sven marquardt

Sven Marquardt

from the series "STAGELESS": Marten, 2019

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from the series "stageless": beatrice by sven marquardt

Sven Marquardt

from the series "STAGELESS": Beatrice, 2019

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from the series "stageless": valeria by sven marquardt

Sven Marquardt

from the series "STAGELESS": Valeria, 2019

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from the series "stageless": irina by sven marquardt

Sven Marquardt

from the series "STAGELESS": Irina, 2019

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from the series "stageless": ezzat by sven marquardt

Sven Marquardt

from the series "STAGELESS": Ezzat, 2019

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from the series "stageless": pavel by sven marquardt

Sven Marquardt

from the series "STAGELESS": Pavel, 2019

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Bereits in den 1980er-Jahren richtete der Fotograf Sven Marquardt seinen Blick auf die Diversität der damaligen Ost-Berliner kreativen Szene und begann mit seinen ausdrucksstarken schwarz-weiß Fotografien Berührungspunkte sowie Sichtbarkeit zwischen den unterschiedlichen Subkulturen zu schaffen. 

Seit knapp 10 Jahren portraitiert er weltweit Menschen aus unterschiedlichen kulturellen und sozialen Milieus, wie zuletzt während einer Residenz in New York City. Dort fotografiert Marquardt auf den Straßen Harlems und Manhattans Anwohner*innen und wird Teil derer Geschichten, Erfahrungen, Erlebnissen und Emotionen. 

Weggelöst von Grenzen sprechen Marquardts Portraits eine Sprache der Berührung und Zusammengehörigkeit. Nach einer Zeit der Isolation ermöglichte diese Reise und das damit verbundene Projekt nicht nur die Überwindung geografischer, sondern auch emotionaler Barrieren inmitten einer der pulsierendsten und bedeutendsten Kunstmetropolen.

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As early as the 1980s, photographer Sven Marquardt focused on the diversity of the creative scene in East Berlin at the time and began to create points of contact and visibility between the different subcultures with his expressive black and white photographs. 

For almost 10 years, he has been portraying people from different cultural and social milieus around the world, most recently during a residency in New York City. There, Marquardt photographed residents on the streets of Harlem and Manhattan and became part of their stories, experiences, adventures and emotions. 

Detached from borders, Marquardt’s portraits speak a language of touch and shared identity. Following the period of collective isolation, his journey and project made it possible for him to overcome geographical and emotional barriers in one of the world’s most important art hubs.