Image series 04 / 2025: Rineke Dijkstra
The Search for Authenticity
20 January 2025
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By: Bettina Pfleging
When the Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra creates composed portraits, she attempts to capture the complexity of the human being. In her large-format ‘Beach Portraits’ from 1992, she shows young people on various beaches around the world, who she also sees as symbols of an era or an attitude towards life. She attempts to capture this universality in the photographs, as well as the specific aspects of each individual. The search for authenticity is the great leitmotif in her work.
A total of 27 works by Rineke Dijkstra, including 23 pictures from the ‘Beach Portraits’ series, are on display in the exhibition.
“Rineke Dijkstra. Beach Portraits”
13 December 2024 – 18 May 2025, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Rineke Dijkstra. Hilton Head Island, S.C., USA, 27. Juni 1992; ConedaKOR Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Rineke Dijkstra. Bathers, July 23, 1992, C-Print, 62 × 52 cm; Bildarchiv, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Rineke Dijkstra. Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 27, 1992, Chromogendruck, Druck: 117 × 94 cm, Rahmen: 153 × 129 cm (Maße variieren innerhalb der Serie); DILPS Bilddatenbank UdK, Universität der Künste Berlin
Rineke Dijkstra. De Panne, Belgium, August 7, 1992, , Chromogendruck, Druck: 117 × 94 cm, Rahmen: 153 × 129 cm (Maße variieren innerhalb der Serie); DILPS Bilddatenbank UdK, Universität der Künste Berlin
Rineke Dijkstra. Brighton, England, 21.8.1992; ConedaKOR Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Rineke Dijkstra. Bathers, July 1, 1993, C-Print, 62 × 52 cm; Bildarchiv, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Rineke Dijkstra. Jalta, Ukraine, 30.7.1993; ConedaKOR Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Rineke Dijkstra. Odessa, Ukraine, 4.8.1993; ConedaKOR Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
