Jochen Lempert
Installation view: Jardin d’ Hiver, Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, 2020
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Photo: André MorinInstallation view: Jardin d’ Hiver, Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, 2020
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Photo: André MorinEtruscan Sand VI, 2019
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Photogram, silver gelatin print
132,8 x 94,5 cm
Unique
Untitled (Automimikry), 2018
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
28,7 x 22,8cm
Ed. 5
Bills, 2020
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Set of 12 photographs, silver gelatin prints
29,5 x 23,5 cm each
Ed. 5
Bills, 2020. (Detail)
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Set of 12 photographs, silver gelatin prints
29,5 x 23,5 cm each
Ed. 5Installation view: Jardin d’ Hiver, Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, 2020
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Photo: André MorinUntitled (Ivy and Bee), 2019
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Set of 2 photograhs, silver gelatin prints
39 x 29 cm cada - each
Ed. 5
Photo: Roberto RuizSeefeder, 2019
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
50 x 37 cm
Ed. 5
Photo: Roberto RuizUntitled (Polygonia c-album), 2019
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
48,7 x 35,9 cm
Ed. 5
Photo: Roberto RuizUntitled (Sleeping Flower), 2018
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
30,5 x 23,3 cm
Ed. 5
Untitled (Gingko, Japan), 2017
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
46 X 38 cm
Ed. 5
Exhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
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Photo: Roberto RuizExhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
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Photo: Roberto RuizContinental Drift, 2010
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Set of 6 b&w photographs, gelatin silver prints
95 x 67 cm each. Ed. 5
Exhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
Photo: Roberto RuizExhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
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Photo: Roberto RuizGehen (walking), 2017
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Set of 2 photographs, silver gelatin prints
23,5 x 17,5 cm each. Ed. 5
Exhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
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Left to right: Untitled (Taraxacum), 2016, Anna Atkins British Algae 1843, 2011, Noctiluca (seawater poured on negative), 2008
Photo: Roberto RuizNoctiluca (seawater poured on negative), 2008
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
43,5 x 33,5 cm. Ed. 5
Photo: Roberto RuizAnna atkins, 2011
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Photograph, photogram; silver gelatin prints
30 x 23, 5 cm; 24 x 29,5 cm
Unique as setExhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
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Left: Untitled (Wolkenstudie), 2017
Right: Untitled (Meeresoberfläche), 2017
Photo: Roberto RuizExhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
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Left: Bees (Rome), 2011
Right: Untitled (Barcelona Pavilion), 2007
Photo: Roberto RuizBees (Rome), 2011
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
65 x 50 cm. Ed. 5Untitled (Barcelona Pavilion), 2007
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
36,5 x 47,5 cm. Ed. 5Exhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
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Left to right: Untitled (Waterfowl), 2017, Cygnus (Narcissus), 2017, Untitled (Cygnus), 2017
Photo: Roberto RuizUntitled (Cygnus), 20177
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
20 x 14,5 cm. Ed. 5Cygnus (Narcissus), 2017; Untitled (Waterfowl), 2017
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Photographs, silver gelatin prints
30 x 24 cm, 24 x 18 cm. Ed. 5
Exhibition view, Institut de Carton, Brussels, 2018
Photo: Matthijs van der BurgtExhibition view: Honeyguides, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, 2017
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Photo: Sprengel MuseumFrom Physiologus (Horse), 1999- 2017
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
97,8 x 65 c. Ed. 5
Photo: Roberto RuizUntitled (Black-headed gull, Stockholm), 2017
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Set of 3 photographs, silver gelatin prints
25,5 x 17 cm each. Ed. 5The Skins of Alca Impennis, 1992-ongoing
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Set of 52 photographs, silver gelatin prints
18 x 24 cm each. Ed. 6
Exhibition view: Honeyguides, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, 2017
The Skins of Alca Impennis, 1992-ongoing. (Detail)
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Photo: Francesc DanielExhibition view: Izu Photo Museum, Japan, 2016
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Photo: Kenji Takahashi/Izu Photo MuseumUntitled (Wind), 2015
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Set of 3 photographs, silver gelatin prints
104,5 x 74 cm each. Ed. 5Botanical Box II, 2015
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Exhibition view: Izu Photo Museum, Japan, 2016
Photo: Kenji Takahashi/Izu Photo MuseumBotanical Box II, 2015. (Detail)
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Exhibition view: Izu Photo Museum, Japan, 2016
Photo: Kenji Takahashi/Izu Photo MuseumBotanical Box II, 2015. (Detail)
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Exhibition view: Izu Photo Museum, Japan, 2016
Photo: Kenji Takahashi/Izu Photo MuseumHercules Florence, Ordre Brésilien ou Palmien, 2017-2018
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Set of 23 photographs, different measures
Unique work
Exhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
Photo: Roberto RuizHercules Florence, Ordre Brésilien ou Palmien, 2017-2018. (Detail)
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Hercules Florence, Ordre Brésilien ou Palmien, 2017-2018. (Detail)
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Brazil, 2016
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Photograph, silver gelatin print 24 x 18 cm
Ed. 5Untitled (Mata Atlantica, Brazil, 2015), 2016
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
36,5 x 47 cm. Ed. 5Untitled (Colibri), 2016
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
46,5 x 36 cm. Ed. 5Untitled (Blattschneiderameisen), 2016
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Set of 5 photographs, silver gelatin prints
36,5 x 29,5 cm each. Ed. 5Left: Bem Te Ve, 2016. Right: Untitled (Zoophonie 1), 2017
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Exhibition view: CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2018
Photo: Roberto RuizUntitled (Zoophonie 2), 2017
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
49 x 58,5 cm. Ed. 5Glow-worm (Movement on 35 mm film), 2010
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Set of 4 photographs, silver gelatin prints
39 x 58 cm each. Ed. 5Untitled (Kelp Forest), 2017
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Set of 2 photograps, silver gelatin prints
50 x 34 cm each. Ed. 5
Photo: Roberto RuizUntitled (Botticelli), 2017
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
31,5 x 24 cm. Ed. 5
Photo: Roberto RuizUntitled (Blumenquallen), 2016
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Photograph, Silver gelatin print
39,5 x 49 cm. Ed. 5Zur Photosynthese (On Photosynthesis), 2009
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Photograph, silver gelatin print
106,5 x 79 cm. Ed. 5Un Voyage en Mer du Nord, 2007
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Set of 6 photographs, silver gelatin prints
100 x 80 cm each. Ed. 5
Exhibition view: Jochen Lempert, Rochester Art Center, USA, 2012
Photo: Gene PittmanSymmetry and Architecture of the Body, 1997
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Left: Symmetry and Architecture (Horse). 1997. Photographs, silver gelatin print, 70 x 103 cm. Ed. 5
Right: Symmetry and Architecture (Tatoo-Fish). 1997. Set of 2 photographs, silver gelatin prints, ca. 54 x 44 cm each. Ed. 5
Exhibition view: Jochen Lempert, Rochester Art Center, USA, 2012
Photo: Gene PittmanSymmetry and Architecture of the Body, 1997
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Left: Symmetry and Architecture (Deers). 1997. Set of 2 photographs, silver gelatin prints, ca. 54 x 44 cm each. Ed. 5
Right: Symmetry and Architecture (Sponge-Flamingo). 1997. Set of 2 photographs, silver gelatin prints, ca. 35 x 47 cm each. Ed. 5
Exhibition view: Jochen Lempert, Rochester Art Center, USA, 2012
Photo: Gene PittmanSchwammtürme (Spongetowers), 1995-2016
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Set of 6 photographs, silver gelatin prints
ca. 76,5 x 51 cm each. Ed. 5
Photo: Roberto RuizPtaki-Birds, 2006
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Set of 9 photographs, gelatin silver prints
Overall dimension: 186 x 157 cm. Ed. 6
Exhibition view: Jochen Lempert, Rochester Art Center, USA, 2012
Photo: Gene Pittman
Biography
Born in Moers, Germany, 1958
Lives and works in Hamburg, Germany
Jochen Lempert photographs the animal world in the most diverse contexts: from their natural habitat to the museum of natural history, from the zoo to the urban environment, in remote places or banal settings and situations. Lempert compiles his findings in a vast archive of images covering an ample spectrum, from common everyday views, to compositions that tend towards abstraction. This interest in the natural world as a subject has been further complemented by his exploration of the properties and materiality of the photographic image. Analogue, black and white, hand-printed in the darkroom, his photographs resist categorization and confront the canons of today’s aesthetic.
In his presentations, Lempert uses groupings and scale to respond to the exhibition space. He places and selects the photographs thoughtfully, always looking for cross-references and associations, uncovering subtle correspondences. Lempert’s arrangements give us new insights into our own place within the patterns, the structures and even the randomness or the order of the natural world.
Selected Texts
- 2017John L. TranThe Japan Times
- 2016Patrizia DanderFrieze
- 2015Javier Hontoriaartforum
- 2010Alexander BraunKunstforum
- 2009Brian Sholisaperture
Exhibitions
- 14 May — 21 August 2021
- 29 November 2014 — 30 January 2015
- 27 May — 22 July 2017
- 19—27 May 2023
- 01—28 February 2023
- 07 May — 29 July 2022
- 15 February — 19 March 2020
- 03 June — 31 July 2015
- 14 December 2016 — 03 January 2017
News
- 12 November 2023 — 17 March 2024
SOLO SHOW: MACS GRAND HORNU, BELGIUM
- 23 August — 5 November 2023
GROUP SHOW: SPRENGEL MUSEUM, HANNOVER, GERMANY
- 13—7 May 2023
SOLO SHOW: C/O BERLIN, BERLIN
- 4 May — 22 October 2023
GROUP SHOW: KUNSTMUSEUM LIECHTENSTEIN, LIECHTENSTEIN
- 11 November 2022 — 10 April 2023
Group Show: Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles
- 10 September — 4 December 2022
SOLO SHOW: HUIS MARSEILLE MUSEUM VOOR FOTOGRAFIE, AMSTERDAM
- 11 May — 25 September 2022
SOLO SHOW: Galerie de photographies, Forum –1, Centre Pompidou, Paris
- 22 January — 20 March 2022
GROUP SHOW: REAL JARDÍN BOTÁNICO, MADRID, SPAIN
- 15 October 2021 — 6 March 2022
GROUP SHOW: FUNDACIÓ MIRÓ, BARCELONA
- 20 May — 17 October 2021
Group show: Villa Carmignac, Île de Porquerolles, France
- 3 October — 14 December 2020
GROUP SHOW: Musée de Rochechouart
- 6 September 2020 — 17 January 2021
group show: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
- 30 August — 25 October 2020
SOLO SHOW: Amden Atelier, Amden, Switzerland
- 14 August — 5 September 2020
SOLO SHOW: RICHAS DIGEST, COLOGNE
- 17 July — 26 August 2020
Solo exhibition at CAC Vilnius
- 1 July — 30 October 2020
GROUP SHOW: Festival OFF Photoespaña 2020
- 15 February — 5 July 2020
GROUP SHOW: DE PONT MUSEUM, TILLBURG
- 13 February — 1 November 2020
GROUP SHOW: BOMBAS GENS, VALÈNCIA
- 24 January — 29 March 2020
SOLO SHOW: LE CRÉDAC, IVRY-SUR-SEINE
- 7 December 2019 — 16 February 2020
SOLO SHOW: CAMERA AUSTRIA, GRAZ
- 16 November — 21 December 2019
SOLO SHOW: CAPRI, Düsseldorf
- 14 September — 17 November 2019
GROUP SHOW: TALLINN ART HALL, TALLINN
- 1—14 July 2019
GROUP SHOW: ANAFI, GREECE
- 21 June — 8 September 2019
GROUP SHOW: PALAIS DE TOKYO, PARIS
- 25 May — 22 June 2019
GROUP SHOW: 8.SALON HAMBURG
- 18 May — 11 August 2019
GROUP SHOW: KUNSTSAMMLUNG STAEDTISCHE GALERIE JENA
- 19 April 2019 — 19 June 2020
GROUP SHOW: DEUTSCHES HYGIENE MUSEUM DRESDEN
- 21 March — 27 April 2019
GROUP SHOW: CACBM, PARIS
- 23 February — 23 March 2019
GROUP SHOW: THE ISLAND CLUB, CYPRUS
- 12 October — 16 December 2018
SOLO SHOW, Musée d'art contemporain de Rochechouart
- 28 September — 30 November 2018
GROUP SHOW, LAJEVARDI FOUNDATION, TEHRAN
- 25 September 2018 — 22 February 2019
GROUP SHOW, MUTINA FOR ART
- 22 September 2018 — 10 February 2019
GROUP SHOW, Le frac île-de-france
- 1—19 September 2018
SOLO SHOW, FRENCH PAVILION, ZAGREB
- 23 June — 11 November 2018
GROUP SHOW, MUMOK VIENNA
- 15 June — 21 October 2018
SOLO SHOW, BILDMUSEET UMEÅ
- 25 May — 9 September 2018
Solo show, CA2M, Madrid
- 23 April 2017 — 15 November 2018
GROUP SHOW, HAUS MÖDRATH - RÄUME FÜR KUNST