Philipp Keel

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Philipp Keel
Philipp Keel auf Frankfurter Buchmesse 2022 Bild 2.jpg
Born
Zurich, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Education Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA United States
University of Television and Film Munich Germany
Known forVisual art, photography, film, author

Philipp Keel (*1968) [1] is a Swiss artist, author, filmmaker and publisher.

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Philipp Keel studied piano at Berklee College of Music in Boston and directing at the University of Television and Film Munich. He lived in Los Angeles and worked there as an artist, author and director. His book series All About Me and Keel's Simple Diary have reached a total circulation of around 4 million copies until today and made him famous worldwide. [2] [3] [4] His photo book Color shaped a new photographic style that gives a different dimension to the everyday.

In 2012, Philipp Keel succeeded his father Daniel Keel as publisher of Diogenes and in 2016 founded Diogenes Entertainment, for which he produces international film and television projects. [5] [6] [7] Since 2019, he has been the sole owner of Diogenes Verlag AG. [8] He received the ›Premio Enrico Filippini for his work as a publisher in 2022. [9]

With the drawings and paintings from the Jakob and Philipp Keel collection, he repeatedly initiates museum exhibitions.

Philipp Keel lives in Zurich.

Work and reception

"Bird Series No. 3: Two Young Birds Not Knowing Any Better" By Philipp Keel Two Young Birds Not Knowing Any Better.jpg
"Bird Series No. 3: Two Young Birds Not Knowing Any Better" By Philipp Keel
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"All About Us" by Philipp Keel
Keel's Simple Diary (Volume One was published in six colors) Simple Diary Covers Fan300x300.jpg
Keel's Simple Diary (Volume One was published in six colors)

Philipp Keel's artistic oeuvre includes photographs, drawings, watercolors, oil paintings and silkscreen prints. His art is shown in numerous international exhibitions and is represented in leading collections.

As a photographic artist, he is an intuitive conqueror of the moment. [10] "Leaves floating on water cast shadows, white women's legs dive into a pool, the heat of the Sierra Nevada flickers outside a car window, a luminous Ferris wheel vibrates." [11] All the images are united by an eye for special details and moods. [12] Keel alters reality through alienation or reduction. He captures the magical in the everyday and seeks the world behind the world. "My photography should be honest and direct like a dream, that is my claim." [13] "Signals and signs that mean something are there every day. I take great pleasure in linking the things I see and experience and putting them together anew, like a puzzle that makes sense only to me." [14] While a photograph can be created quickly, Keel's image processing in the lab often takes many months. Working with Don Weinstein, one of the most renowned photo printers in the US, and with Epson, Keel developed what he calls the ›Imbue Print‹ over a period of years. [15] His artistic work is inspired by David Hockney, Saul Steinberg, Henri Matisse, Tomi Ungerer, Irving Penn, Richard Alvedon and Saul Leiter. The art of his mother Anna Keel, who was a painter and draughtswoman, also had a strong influence on him. "I hang unfinished works on the wall and mark the places that still need work. Then I let time pass. It's never wrong to take a moment to think about what you're doing." [16] Of his watercolour work, Keel said. "What counts here is the pace (...). Watercolours demand discipline, detachment and precision. With oil painting there is turpentine, with photography the next print, but with watercolour there is only the moment." [17] Keel often works serially and usually deals with certain motifs and themes over several years. In doing so, the different forms of expression in his art often inspire each other. [18] "You can't become an artist any more than you can become musical," Keel says. [19] An old-fashioned adage guides him: practice makes perfect. He himself laments his lack of patience, calling this lack the "muse of my madness." [20] Keel believes that there is too much of everything. "The weariness of the virtual world, which ruins everything, leads to a new longing for the classical. Making limited use of the endless possibilities is the great challenge." [21] "What fascinates me even more than illusion, mystery, philosophy and inspiration is the passion that drives us to do exactly what we do best." [22]

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Group exhibitions (selection)

Publications (selection)

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References

  1. "fotoCH". www.foto-ch.ch. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. Sandra Leis: Philipp Keel – zwei Seiten eines Lebens. SRF, 9 October 2015, retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. Getting to Know Me, in: New York Times Magazine, 1 February 1998.
  4. 4 Fragen von und an Philipp Keel, in: Elle, February 2014.
  5. Jana Gioia Baurmann: "Wenn die Leute so blöd sind...", in: Die Zeit. 2 August 2018.
  6. Florence Vuichard: Im Namen des Buches, in: BILANZ, 6 May 2016.
  7. Christian Mayer: Philipp Keel über Neugier, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung: 7/8 December 2013.
  8. Sandra Kegel: Um jeden noch so hohen Preis, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 18 October 2019.
  9. https://eventiletterari.swiss/de/eventiletterari/festival/Premio-Enrico-Filippini.html , retrieved 23 March 2022.
  10. cf. regarding photo art e.g. Guido Pauling: Philipp Keels "Last Summer": Beiläufig wehmütig, in NDR Kultur, 7 November 2021. And Ulrich Rüter: Buchtipp Last Summer, in: Leica Fotografie International, 31 August 2021. And Dörte Welti: Pleasure of Words, Refreshing: Splash, in: Swiss Magazine 1 September 2017.
  11. Tobias Bezola: Shadows in Color, In: Philipp Keel: Splash, Steidl 2015.
  12. Suzanne Muchnic, Philipp Keel, Ruth Bachofner, Santa Monica, in: ARTnews, May 2001.
  13. Ewa Hess with Philipp Keel : A Conversation on Splash, In: Philipp Keel: Splash, Steidl 2015.
  14. Philipp Keel: Color, Steidl 2003.
  15. Camera work AG, https://web.archive.org/web/20131216084502/http://camerawork.de/de/kuenstler/philipp-keel/ , last accessed on 7 April 2022. And Kati Moser: Den Sommer im Visier, in: Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich, 27 August 2019. And Paulina Czienskowski: Einer, der von Giganten lernte, in: Die Welt Kompakt, 6 December 2013.
  16. Ewa Hess with Philipp Keel: A Conversation on Splash, In: Philipp Keel: Splash, Steidl 2015.
  17. Ewa Hess with Philipp Keel: A Conversation on Splash, In: Philipp Keel: Splash, Steidl 2015.
  18. Hans Ulrich Obrist: Note of Drawings, in: Philipp Keel, State of Mind, Nieves 2014.
  19. Philipp Keel, State of Mind, Nieves 2014.
  20. Philipp Keel, State of Mind, Nieves 2014.
  21. Ewa Hess with Philipp Keel: A Conversation on Splash, In: Philipp Keel: Splash, Steidl 2015.
  22. Philipp Keel: Color, Steidl 2003.