Jürgen Klauke

Jürgen Klauke (Kliding, 1943) is a unique figure in contemporary art. Above all, he paved the way for staged photography by conceptualising the photographic medium and elevating it to the immanent theme of his art. He has raised the question of gender differentiation more emphatically and radically than others, and so in doing has exacerbated to the point of excess the problem of identity with his sometimes provocative images. He himself speaks of the “aestheticisation of the existential”. He participated at Documenta 6 & 8 and at the Biennale di Venezia. Jürgen Klauke lives and works in Cologne.