{"id":522,"date":"2019-12-03T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T14:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test6.skemis.com\/?p=522\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:04:40","slug":"ferenc-berko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/en\/ferenc-berko\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Berko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition shows distinctive b\/w photographs of Ferenc Berko\u2018s early creative period in the spirit of the \u201cNew Photography\u201d and the thrilling photographic reportage from the period which Berko spent as director of photography and film in India. A substantial part of the exhibition consists of the abstract color photographs, Berko produced during his time as a lecturer of photography at the new \u201cBauhaus\u201d in Chicago under the direction of Moholy Nagy. These photos are testimonials of his pioneer status in the field of art photography. Motifs, which he discovered on his many journeys, complete the exhibition. They are a confirmation of Helmut Gernsheim\u2018s statement: \u201cShape, form and colour are Berko\u2018s Forte\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibition objects<\/strong>: 99 framed photographs (71 b\/w-photographs, 28 colored photographs)<br \/>\n<strong>Exhibition space<\/strong>: 250 sqm<br \/>\n<strong>Exhibition catalog<\/strong>: German<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibition venues<\/strong>:<br \/>\nRecontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France, July 1991<br \/>\nFotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany, October 12, 1991 \u2013 November 17, 1991<br \/>\nJoseph Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany, February, 02, 1992 \u2013 March 15, 1992<br \/>\nVolkshochschule Leer, Germany, April 21, 1992 \u2013 August 20, 1992<br \/>\nNational Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, UK, May 25, 1992 \u2013 August 20, 1992<br \/>\nKulturverein Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg\/Neckar, Germany, April 22, 1993 \u2013 May 23, 1993<br \/>\nStadtmuseum Jena, Germany, September 09, 1993 \u2013 September 26, 1993<br \/>\nGalleria Il Diaframma, Milan, Italy, October 12, 1993 \u2013 November 06, 1993<br \/>\nKunstverein Wiligrad, L\u00fcbstdorf, Germany, January 21, 1994 \u2013 February 13, 1994<br \/>\nSt\u00e4dtische Galerie Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany, February 10, 1995 \u2013 March 26, 1995<br \/>\nGalerie Ekg, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, April 27, 1995 \u2013 June 12, 1995<br \/>\nSchlo\u00df Arolson, Germany, September 28, 1996 \u2013 November 17, 1996<br \/>\nGalerie am Fischmarkt, Erfurt, Germany, January 18, 1998 \u2013 February 15, 1998<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-567\" style=\"width: 1342px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Berko_1_Trouville_France_Familie-am-Strand_1937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1342\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Berko_1_Trouville_France_Familie-am-Strand_1937.jpg 1342w, https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Berko_1_Trouville_France_Familie-am-Strand_1937-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Berko_1_Trouville_France_Familie-am-Strand_1937-768x1145.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Berko_1_Trouville_France_Familie-am-Strand_1937-687x1024.jpg 687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1342px) 100vw, 1342px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trouville, France, 1937<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-569\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-569 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/berko_ferenc_604_1993_455946_displaysize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1572\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basel, Switzerland, 1937<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-799\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-799 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berko_Ciudad-Juarez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1572\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Mexico, 1953<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_799-2\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-799-2\" style=\"width: 1342px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-799 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/berko_tram_lines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1342\" height=\"2000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-799-2\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tramlines, New York, USA, 1949<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition shows distinctive b\/w photographs of Ferenc Berko\u2018s early creative period in the spirit of the \u201cNew Photography\u201d and the thrilling photographic reportage from the period which Berko spent as director of photography and film in India. 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