Until Oct 2, see "Germaine Krull: The Return Of The Avant-Gardist", an exhibition co-curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers and Maren Niemeyer. It showcases the impressive works of Germaine Krull, the late photographer, revolutionary and war journalist whose works are being shown to the Thai public for the first time at The Jim Thompson Art Center.
Born in 1897 in Posen, in modern-day Poland, Krull was hailed as a pioneer of avant-garde photography. She lived a bohemian life and re-invented herself on many occasions, which included time living in Bangkok, Thailand. Her works made significant contributions to the fields of photomontage, photobooks and photojournalism. Krull studied photography in Munich but relocated to Paris from 1926–35, where she produced commercials and fashion photographs and contributed intimate, expressive reportage to the illustrated magazine VU. Her highly acclaimed photobook Métal (1928) featured images of the Eiffel Tower and other modernist structures in Paris and Rotterdam, exemplifying New Vision photography.
