Tatjana Danneberg

10. MÖREL X MEP Studio 

Something Happened

By experimenting with materials and processes for transferring images to canvas, Tatjana Danneberg transforms her candid analogue photographs into expressive paintings. Using point-and-shoot cameras, the artist seeks to prolong occasional memories by depicting relatives, acquaintances, and everyday objects in familiar and often intimate shots. Her technique for making the transition from photography to painting is fairly complex. The images are first enlarged and printed by inkjet onto sheets of plastic foil. They are then painted with gesso, left to dry and wetted again, before finally being separated from the foil and transferred to canvas. The final result is only known once the sheet is removed from the canvas. Revealing fragments of objects, everyday actions, or even a total absence of action, these images akin to amateur snapshots are transformed into a powerful pictorial gesture. The brushstrokes applied by the artist intuitively follow the composition of the photograph, adding movement while obscuring part of the image.

About the Artist

Born in 1991, Tatjana Danneberg lives and works in Vienna. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Salzburger Kunstverein (2021) and La Maison de Rendez-Vous, Brussels (2020) as well as at the galleries LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina and Galeria Dawid Radziszewski, Warsaw.

Edition of 200
17cmx24cm
44 pages

Published in conjunction with the exhibition:
“Something Happened”
Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris 19.07.2024 - 29.09.2024