When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition begins on 10.09.2026 at 10:00 AM in the Jena Art Collection.

What is the entrance fee?

The regular entrance fee is 5 Euro, reduced 3 Euro.

Where is the Jena Art Collection located?

The Jena Art Collection is located at Markt 7 in 07743 Jena.

What are the opening hours for visiting?

The Jena Art Collection is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM, closed on Mondays.

Is the exhibition suitable for photography enthusiasts?

Yes, the exhibition is particularly aimed at visitors who appreciate contemporary photography, portraits, and social themes.

Is there information on guided tours or accompanying programs?

The Jena Art Collection offers art educational formats and guided tours. Current information will be provided through the official museum channels.

Frank Gaudlitz in Jena: Photographs between Proximity, History, and Present

Name: FRANK GAUDLITZ
Start: 2026-09-10T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-10T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Kunstsammlung Jena

Frank Gaudlitz in the Jena Art Collection: Photography as a Close-Up of the Present

The exhibition FRANK GAUDLITZ in the Jena Art Collection invites an intense art experience that makes photography an accurate observation, social approach, and poetic diagnosis of the present. The focus is on series related to Eastern Europe and South America, where the photographer sensitively blends life situations, reality, and staging.

Between Documentary Proximity and Historical Tension

Frank Gaudlitz works with a visual language that consciously reduces distance. His photographs arise from closeness, patience, and a respectful immersion into the life worlds of other people. This is where the unique power of this body of work lies: the image never remains a mere document but opens a space for empathy, memory, and social reflection.

Eastern Europe and South America as Spaces of Lived Reality

The exhibition focuses on two major bodies of work that Gaudlitz has developed over the years. His series on Eastern Europe and South America intertwine travel, observation, and contemporary art into a multifaceted imagery. People appear not as motives at the periphery but as protagonists of a historical and social moment, whose traces become visible in facial expressions, gestures, and surroundings.

Photography as Cultural Education

For art enthusiasts, the exhibition offers an intense access to documentary photography and the possibilities of photographic portraiture. The exhibition sharpens the view for questions of authenticity, staging, and images of reality. At the same time, it shows how closely aesthetic experience and cultural education are linked when photography takes the life reality of people seriously and unfolds a silent, precise visual language.

The Exhibition Atmosphere in the Jena Art Collection

The Jena Art Collection provides the appropriate setting for this preview of an upcoming exhibition: a place where changing exhibitions, art mediation, and curated contemporary art come together. The spaces at the historic marketplace create a calm, focused exhibition atmosphere in which the impact of the photographs becomes particularly clear.

Frank Gaudlitz presents in Jena an exhibition that combines attitude, accuracy, and humanity. Those interested in contemporary photography, social imagery, and art-historically grounded positions of the present will find a rewarding reason to visit the museum here.