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

Frank Gaudlitz at the Art Collection Jena: Photographs between History and Present

With FRANK GAUDLITZ. Between Times, the Art Collection Jena presents an exhibition that makes photography experienceable as precise observation and aesthetic experience. The show takes visitors through work cycles focusing on Eastern Europe and South America, connecting individual life stories with historical and social upheavals.

Travel as an Artistic Experience

Frank Gaudlitz perceives photography and travel as an inseparable unity. His images arise from proximity, patience, and the willingness to engage with places and people. This is precisely the strength of this exhibition: the examination of the works does not provide a quick glance but a deep encounter with portraits, landscapes, and contemporary history.

People in Historical Moments

The exhibition focuses on series from Eastern Europe and South America. Gaudlitz works with photographic empathy and documentary clarity. His portraits show people not merely as subjects but as personalities in strained political and social situations. Reality and staging engage in a tense dialogue that takes photographic art far beyond mere documentation.

Spatial Impact, Color, and Photographic Depth

The Art Collection Jena places the works within an exhibition atmosphere that directs and simultaneously opens the viewer's gaze. White framed walls, strong color chords, and the interplay between black-and-white and color enhance the visual dramaturgy. Thus, a distinct spatial impact emerges, where light, materiality, and image rhythm mutually elevate each other.

Curating with a Social Perspective

The curation combines art historical classification with cultural education. Gaudlitz’s work stands in the tradition of photography that does not distance social reality but explores it closely and attentively. The focus on the life situations of people, on war, migration, labor, and memory makes the exhibition also a diagnosis of the present.

Why Visiting is Worthwhile

FRANK GAUDLITZ. Between Times offers an intense artistic experience for all who value photography as a medium of insight. Those who engage with this exhibition will experience images full of depth of field, dignity, and resonance. A visit to the Art Collection Jena is absolutely worthwhile because here art, history, and the present come together in impressive density.