Kurt Grüng

Kurt Grüng (born 30 April 1979) is a Norwegian photographer, best known for his haunting nòiresque and surrealist black & white photography. themes that he is most commonly working with are the philosophy of Death & Nihilism.

Techniques

Kurt Grüng is self taught photographer working with an array of Antiquarian Avant-Garde Art & Processes but mainly working with the large format wet plate collodion process as his preferred choice (a photography process created in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer).

Exhibits

  • "D E L I Q U I U M" DARK MOVEMENTS EXHIBITION London (19-21.02.2015)
  • a set of early industrial style photos, '1st NSK Folk Art Biennale' exhibition at Leipzig, Germany (3.5.2014)
  • Neue Slowenische Kunst inspired photograph, on display at the "Time for a New State?" NSK seminar and Folk Art exhibition at Manchester Metropolitan University. (14.11.2012)
  • Solo Exhibition, at MILKandLEAD Art Gallery, London (07.03.2013)
  • Selected works at joint exhibition, at SUMMER DARKNESS Festival, Utrecht (26.07.2013)

Publications

  • Dunkelheit
  • Nòiresque
  • i see in the dark (ƒ0.95), Photograph contribution to Leica Myself book (Mar 2013).

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