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Known for her sublime sense of color and time, Backhaus has her first major museum show this fall at Kunsthalle Erfurt in Germany.She is represented exclusively in the United States by Robert Klein Gallery.
Elisabeth Biondi, The New Yorker’s former Visuals Editor, writes: “[Backhaus’]pictures are lyrical foremost,sometimes moody, sometimes happy... It strikes me when looking at the collection of her pictures...that they become a wonderful tapestry of color, light, and shadows. Timeless.”
Born in Germany in 1970, Backhaus left for Paris when she was sixteen to study photography with the pioneering female photographer Gisèle Freund. By her mid-twenties, Backhaus was living in New York City, where she cultivated an affinity for and dexterity with bright colors. With shades of cobalt, violet, and ruby, she single handedly defies thenotion that melancholy – or its close cousin, nostalgia – must be dull and dark.
A selection of images from Backhaus’ 2012 monograph Once, Still and Forever will be on display at Robert Klein Gallery from Saturday, October 5, through Saturday, November 30. Earlier work from the series I Wanted To See The World and Symphony of Shadows will be on view at Ars Libri from Friday, October 4, through Saturday, October 26.