The photographs of Michael Awad and Petra
Karadimas address themes of contemporary urban
living in aesthetically and technically innovative
ways. Michael Awad captures the motion of streets
in Toronto, New York and Venice, while leaving
static elements unrecorded. Petra Karadimas
captures moments in the life of Berlin, after the
“actors” have come and gone. Both artists employ
unique techniques that give their respective
photographs a painterly touch. These two very
different bodies of work interact to form a
challenging dialogue. On the one hand, both
artists address questions of the character of a
specific city, its history, the relationships
between architecture, nature and the people; and
on the other hand, they address abstract
considerations of authenticity and fiction, time
and space, movement and the static, i.e. a broad
range of thematic, technical and aesthetic
possibilities inherent in the photographic medium
itself.

Curated by Doina Popescu