A Photographic Exhibition by Jakrin von Bueren beginning 10th of March until the 28th of April 2018
Jakrin von Bueren immerses, doing to his negatives what he does with own soul. He absorbs the pageantry of life like a porous leaf in the sunshine, to transmit to us sublimely instinctive images that transcend their initial impulse. In a field worn out by imitation and cross-imitation, how rare to discover a hatchling self-identified fashion photographer with a totally fresh eye, becoming himself the source of creativity and inspiration; an artist.
One catches fashion like a disease, through sensory contact. Like the other arts but on the literally superficial level, the dimension of appearances, fashion reflects the emanations of the world at a given moment. Originators of designs and looks that others copy send out their feelers to be seduced by the sensory conversation. As with Shakespearean synesthesia, they can hear colors and see sounds, taste good and evil and sniff out fake memes and real. Jakrin talks to us wordlessly of ideas and ideals through singing colors and visual sounds, through youth and the acidic ravages of time.
New Projects Curator Manit Sriwanichpoom: “Jakrin’s photographs are fresh and vibrant with the energy of youth yet simultaneously imbued with alchemy, spiritual and physical; he has the guts to take crazy risks to achieve interesting work. His portraits of his models and his friends revive our memories of what it was like to be a teenager. Immaculate faces unlined by life contradict eyes full of anxiety over future uncertainties; they can struggle meanwhile to search for identity through fashionable clothes. To get at what is beyond such superficial expression, Jakrin corrodes his black and white negatives with bleach and vinegar, sometimes immersing them for months to rot and ripen in extraordinary ways, as in the series ‘Decay: Degeneration of All Things’ (2015) and ‘Skinheads: A Political Statement Turned Fashion Subculture’ (2016). Even now, the source negatives of these pictures are still continuing their transformation.”
Jakrin von Bueren is a man of few words, but he rejects digital photography because “I like not being able to see the images immediately—I like the surprise when I see my work later. For the rotten effects, the vinegar and rusting wire wool, the bleaching, the words of peace from the Bible, Psalm 46/9: ‘He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire’—I don’t know the reason, I just like it.”
Bangkok born and bred Thai-German Jakrin von Bueren (b.1998) is studying fashion photography at the London College of Fashion (LCF), University Arts of London, UK. This is his first solo show.
- Kathmandu Photo Gallery
87 Pan road (near Indian Temple), Silom, Bangkok 10500
Tel: 02-234-6700
kathmandu.bkk@gmail.com
www.kathmanduphotobkk.com
Open daily except Sunday and Monday, from 11 AM to 6 PM
