With the death of Ruprecht Skasa-Weiß, the DFA has lost a long-standing companion, a critical observer and an exceptional man of language. In this personal tribute, Wolfram Janzer remembers a writer, mentor and passionate advocate of photography whose distinctive voice accompanied and shaped the GDL and later the DFA for decades.
An uncertain date, handwritten notes and the Acropolis sinking into the sea: the Object of the Month for August focuses on Stefan Moses’ “photoplastik dame mit barsoi” from the DFA Archive. The photomontage raises questions about its origins and place within Moses’ work.
23.05-18.07.2026 — Goslar
06.07-04.10.2026 — Arles
Pforzheim
The DFA regularly invites international guest curators to select from the entire pool of members’ works. This selection is evaluated by the guest curator and publicly made available on the Academy's website. For contemporary photographers, new avenues of public interest can be opened up in this way, including opportunities for their work to become the subject of current public debates.
curator
Verena Kaspar-EIsert has been chief curator of the MuseumsQuartier Wien since October 2022. Previously, she was curator at KUNST HAUS WIEN from 2014-2022 and curator of the FOTO WIEN photo festival from 2019-2022. She specialises in contemporary photography and art that deals with ecological issues.
25.12.2022
