Simon Menner is a German photographer and archival artist, who lives and works in Berlin. Menner has exhibited his photographic work internationally, taking part in solo and group exhibitions at various museums. His work has been widely covered by the media and he has received a number of grants and awards in Berlin. […]
Simon Menner is a German photographer and archival artist, who lives and works in Berlin. Menner has exhibited his photographic work internationally, taking part in solo and group exhibitions at various museums. His work has been widely covered by the media and he has received a number of grants and awards in Berlin.
History is written by the victors, Menner examines the notion of re-framing history. In this work, Menner places an image of Jihadist movements alongside western propaganda. By reducing his collage images with a copper gouache, the visual noise is minimized. Menner’s deduction of the image then allows a focus on the respective narratives being propagated.
The placement of two seemingly contradictory political ideologies alongside one another, opens the possibility to showcase their similarities. Neither glorifying nor demonizing, it begs the question – who is the saint or sinner?
His art series “ROLE MODELS” can be seen in the current exhibition “Talking…& Other Banana Skins“.
