HAMBURG, Germany – German art photographer Andre Plessel’s current exhibit, “Processed Photographs,” has made a big impact in his homeland.
One London collector was so enthusiastic about the opening of Plessel’s exhibit at the Monika Mohr Gallery in Hamburg, Germany, that he sent his attorney to purchase 10 signed photographs from the new series at the opening reception. That set the tone for a buying spree that nearly sold out the exhibit in its first two days alone.
This exhibit, which opened in June and runs through September, introduced Plessel’s new unique process of adding color to the black and white images, which are then exposed by a developer liquid applied with a brush, thus creating a dramatic new aesthetic tension and making each piece one of a kind – one of the features that attracted the London buyer.
Most of the 20-by-24-inch photographs at the Monika Mohr Gallery sold for between $4,000 and $5,000, with the exhibit being replenished as the photos sell.
Plessel’s previous exhibit at the Rilano Hotel in Munich ran May 8-27, with over 50 images initially being shown, featuring mainly his dramatic signature black and white liquid photographs, which are hand-printed and signed.
Plessel also drew much attention recently when he sold his Miami three-bedroom apartment on the 17th floor of the South Pointe Tower at Portofino for $1.8 million to Brazilian buyers after living there for 14 years, while residing in both Miami and his home in Munich. Immediately missing Miami, he instructed real-estate brokers to start looking for a larger place for him in the same part of town while he went to Germany for these exhibitions.
With the recent surge in the interest and value of contemporary photography Plessel is enjoying a renewed demand in his highly erotic, dramatic black and white art photographs, along with his new color-processed series.
Plans are now in motion for Plessel’s debut New York City exhibit at the new Lilac Gallery on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan in October, while, in South Florida his art continues to be available through the Holden Luntz Gallery on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach.
For over 22 years now, Plessel has been driven by his ultimate passion, that of black and white photography. His artwork creates dramatic, romantic and delicate images with great attention to his own style of lighting. It has been said that his artistic photographs convey and play upon sensual tension, as opposed to blatant sexuality.
As many art world insiders know, Plessel’s work has been often compared to that of his longtime friend and collaborator, Helmut Newton, with whom he traveled and worked with in Europe and the United States.
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