Conceived in 2014 by the photographer and director MONICA MENEZ with friends and presented on an annual basis ever since, the exhibition series ‘FUMES AND PERFUMES’ in Stuttgart’s Züblin parking garage, in its tenth edition, has now taken place perhaps for the last time.
The book presented here shows the work of the photographic artists exhibited during this period, while granting insight into the creation and realisation of the exhibition project and documenting the extraordinary presentation of photos at such an unusual exhibition venue.
“It’s quite amazing what the FUMES AND PERFUMES curatorial team has put together on the walls of the Züblin parking garage in more than a decade. Over the years, more than 500 images have been wallpapered and, in some cases, removed again. There are meanwhile more than 300 works on five park decks. Remarkable is not only the fact that the exhibition has taken place in such an unexpected exhibition space, but also the renowned photographic artists that the curatorial team has brought together. The more than 50 works on display include artists from all five continents.” SELTMANN PUBLISHING.
FUMES AND PERFUMES has enriched and changed the cultural landscape of the city of Stuttgart. It has brought great international photographic art into the public space, made art exhibitions more accessible to a broader audience and brought together a remarkable collection that has been on display for years. It would be a bitter loss, not only for Stuttgart, if the Züblin parking garage were to be renovated or even demolished in the coming years.” Seltmann Publishers.
Constructed in the 1960s, the Züblin parking garage offers space for nearly 600 passenger cars and is open 24 hours. At the end of the year, the Züblin property with the parking garage will go back to the city. PARK SERVICE HÜFNER GmbH + Co KG, who has leased the property, would like to continue using it until it’s clear what will happen – and whether the building will be demolished after all.
Artists : Clemens Ascher, Michael Bachofer, Frank Bayh & Steff Ochs, Todd Baxter, Evelyn Bencicova, Flora Borsi, Daisy Collingridge, Cédric Delsaux, Chiron Duong, Bill Durgin, Formento + Formento, Peter Franck, Stephan Gladieu, Julija Goyd, Joanna Grochovska, Simon Hjortek, Bianca Patricia Isensee, Alisson Jackson, Davide Just, Friederike Just, Bernd Kammerer, Chas Ray Krider, Brice Krummenacker, Pol Kurucz, Michael Luz, Honey Long & Prue Stent, Frankie Macauley, Roman Mares, Monica Menez, Monkey.Sapiens, Stefan Milev, Shalva Nikvashvili, Yves Noir, Benoit Paillé, Can Pekdemir, Christophe Pok, Rahel Cia, Eli Rezkallah, Helen Robertson, Iness Rychlik, Josh von Staudach, Maria Svarbova, Laurenz Theinert, Dmytro Tryroh, Roger Weiss, Julia Wenz, Hannah Woolf, and Dielle Zimmermann.
FUMES AND PERFUMES . Editors: Frank Bayh & Steff Rosenberger-Ochs, Peter Franck, Bernd Kammerer, Monica Menez and Yves Noir. 290 pages, hardcover. German with English translations. Seltmann Publishers 2024. ISBN: 978-3-949070-49-5
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