Models and Protocols

While the artistic practice of Andrzej Steinbach includes the medium of photography, sound, video works, sculptures as well as installations, he finds his focus in the field of photography. The publication Andrzej Steinbach: Models and Protocols therefore presents a particular focus on the new series of works that deal with the aesthetics of tools. They are called, among others, Untitled ( Door frame from the former Registration Authority for Foreign Nationals in Leipzig), Untitled (Three hundred nails), Untitled (Baton). In the book, three texts deal with the specific working method of the artist. Florian Ebner situates them in contemporary photography, Bettina Steinbrügge examines the aspect of branding, and Lucy Gallun is concerned with installations. Andrzej Steinbach: Models and Protocols was prepared on the occasion of the artist’s first major institutional solo exhibition, which was on view at the Kunstverein in Hamburg in 2022. Andrzej Steinbach, b.1983 in Czarnków (Poland), lives and works in Berlin. In 2015 he graduated as a master student under Professor Heidi Specker at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB). He has won various awards, including the 2017 Federal Prize for Art Students, the 2016 Saxon Scholarship Programme for Master Students, and the Wüstenrot Foundation’s Promotional Programme for Documentary Photography 11. His work is represented in the collections of MoMA (New York), the Contemporary Art Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany, Folkwang Museum Essen, and Fotomuseum Winterthur. He has featured in exhibitions at MoMA, Kunsthalle Wien, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Centre for Contemporary Photography (Melbourne), and Bundeskunsthalle Bonn