LOS ANGELES, CA.- Veronika Kellndorfer's Ocean View has been acquired by the
Los Angeles County Museum.
In Ocean Vista, Kellndorfer explores the connection between modernist architecture and the natural world, accentuated through reflections and transparency around the Eames House. Her approach not only explores the symbiotic relationship between built environments and natural landscapes but also invites a deeper contemplation on the themes of transparency, reflection, and the passage of time. By revealing the interplay of light, shadow, and reflection, she invites the viewer to examine how they perceive architectural spaces, encouraging a deeper understanding of their emotional resonance and historical context.
“Kellndorfer’s photographs emphasize the values of the International Style—simplicity, economy, order—but complicate them with layers of local vision, both hers and ours. The results are haunting elegiac images that pay tribute to the ideals of high modernism, yet also cast them adrift in the shifting context of the here and now.” —Sharon Mizota, ArtForum
Veronika Kellndorfer's work delves into architectural realms, merging place, time, and perception through the lens of her camera onto glass. This blending technique not only adheres to architectural minimalism and order but also weaves in a layer of personal and shared visual curiosity.
Kellndorfer has held solo exhibitions in museums and institutions around the world, including Mies van der Rohe House, Berlin, Germany (2020); Casa de Vidro, Instituto Lina Bo Bardi, São Paulo, Brazil (2015); Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (2012 and 2014); Aedes Land, Berlin, Germany (2010); Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (2005); Il parco, Villa Massimo, Rome (2005); and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (2003). She has been included in group exhibitions such as The Art of Society, 1900–1945: The Nationalgalerie Collection, Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany (2021); Wand an Wand an Wand, Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin, Germany (2020); Original Bauhaus, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (2019); 14th Curitiba International Biennial Of Contemporary Art, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil (2019); Fiction and Fabrication, Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal (2019); National Museum, Oslo, Norway (2017); the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA (2016); Cidade Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil (2014); Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA (2013 and 2016); Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (2012); Villa Aurora Forum, Berlin, Germany (2010), and Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (2008). Kellndorfer's work is included in the permanent collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Pilara Foundation, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA; National Gallery, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; and Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA, among others.
