17 April – 24 June


Project: TEXTPORTRAIT - Photo-installations. Ralph Ueltzhoeffer’s artistic research is dedicated to the relationship of visual and written information in the digital sphere and their relevance for the beliefs one produces from these data. His search for new forms synchronizing visual and written information reacts and reflects on the internet as an open and central source of information in times of globalization and digitalization of data. In the synopses of visible and readable information he engenders visuals which require new perceptional approaches. Ralph Ueltzhoeffers frequently uses found images as a starting point for his work, which he then manipulates according to his needs. Much of Ueltzhoeffers' subject matter includes text fragments - portraits, and his final images are provocative and fakes, which often distracts the viewer from appreciating their aesthetic quality. Ueltzhoeffer, who works in two different media – photography, and pastel and charcoal works on photopaper – gives equal importance to both. While the imagery in his works on photopaper are usually resolved, the imagery in his paintings seems unresolved and in them change, movement, and therefore three-dimentionality are anticipated. Whatever the outcome, one is certain Ueltzhoeffers will always have found a way to make it a challenge to read his work.

Born 1966 in Mannheim, Germany,
Ralph Ueltzhoeffer now lives and works in Mannheim and London.