Approximately 70 works are featured in this lifetime survey aptly displayed within the brightened spaces of the brutalist building. Ralph rugoff on andreas gursky at the hayward gallery. Andreas gursky outside the southbank center in london. Subtly enhancing and adjusting the structure of the overwhelming visual settings, gursky allows. The perfect image is not something that can be taught the artist behind the worlds most expensive photograph gives a rare interview ahead of a retrospective at londons. Andreas gursky has been widely celebrated for his monumental, extraordinarily detailed pictures, often exploring contemporary global themes. It was only later, when he enlarged the image, that he spotted what else was there. Andreas gursky is a german artist known for his largescale digitally manipulated images. Text by ralph rugoff, gerald schroder, brian sholis. In the photograph, amazon, 2016, the german photographer andreas gursky portrays one of the online retailers massive stockrooms. This is a fairly inexpensive way to acquire one of andreas gurskys books. His work cannot be satisfactorily reproduced in a book because of its massive scale, but this book does as. Andreas gursky marks the beginning of the hayward gallerys 50th anniversary year and is the first exhibition to take place in the gallery following its twoyear refurbishment.
Walking around the andreas gursky exhibition at the hayward gallery, i struggled to recall what these huge photographs reminded me of. Andreas gursky exhibition at hayward gallery 25 jan 22 apr 2018 11am 7pm every day except tuesdays when the gallery is closed. Gurskys monumental, digitally enhanced works depict massive manmade structures and huge gatherings of people in nightclubs, factories, arenas and other social landscapes. His work cannot be satisfactorily reproduced in a book because of its massive scale, but this book does as good a job as i have seen. It is a sea of thousands of multicolored books, toys, boxes, and appliances in miles of space. Gursky has built a career on colossal, panoramic pictures of subjects that are extremely ordinary the view from a departure lounge of.
Gursky, andreas regarded as one of the most important photographers of our time, andreas gursky born in leipzig in 1955 is known for his largescale, often spectacular pictures that portray emblematic sites and scenes of the global economy and contemporary life. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and design for sale and learn about the artist. The hayward gallery has reopened postrefurbishment with a prodigious exhibition by german photographer andreas gursky. Known for his largescale, often spectacular pictures that portray emblematic sites and scenes of the global economy and contemporary life, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant photographers of our time. This is a fairly inexpensive way to acquire one of andreas gursky s books. This comprehensive book takes a fresh look at the artists iconic images from the past four decades. An exhibition of work by celebrated german photographer andreas gursky opens this week at the newly. Hayward publishing produces beautiful and inspiring books on contemporary art to accompany hayward gallery, hayward touring and arts council collection.
The hayward gallerys exhibition is the first major uk retrospective of the german artist, who has said, i only pursue one goal the encyclopaedia of life. For his latest show, at the newly refurbished hayward gallery in londons southbank centre. His unique compositional strategies result in dramatic images that walk the line between representation and abstraction. The quality of the images is excellent and the only issue i have with the book is the size of the offerings. Welcome to the personal website of the german artist andreas gursky. Photographer andreas gursky doesnt do things by halves. A true innovator engaged in thinking about and picturing the times in which we live in, gursky is the perfect artist for launching the 50th anniversary year of the hayward.
Andreas gursky hayward gallery andreas gursky steidl. Most of his other books are fairly expensive and seem to be increasing in value. Learn about the broad collection artist andreas gursky. The hayward gallery reopens after two years with a bang and twoandahalf floors of photos by german snapper andreas gursky. The big, bold, seductive and surprising color photographs of german photographer andreas gursky set forth a stunning image of our contemporary world of hightech industry, international markets, bigtime sports, fastpaced tourism and slick commerce. Andreas gursky exhibition catalogue competition to celebrate the reopening of hayward gallery at southbank centre this week, the lovely people at hayward publishing have given us a copy of their wonderful new book, printed to accompany our gursky exhibition, to give away this hardcover book includes a rare interview with the artist conducted by photographer jeff wall, providing unique. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Gursky, andreas andreas gursky photographer page with links to monographs, museum exhibition catalogs, criticism, catalogues raisonnes, related. Andreas gursky is curated by hayward gallery director, ralph rugoff, in collaboration with the artist. How andreas gursky turned an amazon depot into art 1843. Eimear martin is assistant curator on the exhibition. Andreas gursky is at the hayward gallery, london, 25 january to 22 april. In a landmark conversation between two of the most significant. Ralph rugoff, gerald schroder, brian sholis, jeff wall, andreas gursky.
Andreas gursky from 1980 to present his best photos. A japanese power plant, dilapidated slums, the patterned facades of an apartment complex in parisin the work of german art photographer andreas gursky, born in 1955 in leipzig, both private dwellings and the domains of industrial and political power are made into sometimes aweinspiring and always overpowering forces of urban life. Andreas gursky is taking photos of things that do not. How andreas gursky turned an amazon depot into art. The exhibition includes some of the artists most well known works including paris, montparnasse 1993, an immense and iconic photograph showing a seemingly endless block of flats. Stunning new andreas gursky show marks reopening of london.
Check out his latest exhibitions, get news and explore the artwork of the dusseldorf based photographer. Gursky commonly manipulates his imagery, overlapping and distorting images to make them impossibly expansive. One day in the summer of 1984, andreas gursky was on holiday in the swiss alps when he took a photograph of the klausen pass, showing an area of pasture below a jagged grey peak. A retrospective of the artists work is being held at the hayward gallery. On the occasion of a major survey of andreas gurskys work at the hayward gallery in london, gursky and jeff wall discuss the state of.
Shot from an elevated perspective and produced on an epic scale, gurskys images show the individual or granularsupermarket products, soccer players, windows on a building, or islands in the seasubsumed by the masses or the. Official website of the photographer and artist andreas gursky. Andreas gursky, born in 1955 in leipzig, german, is a renowned photographer who uses colorful, largescale depictions of modern life. I say snapper, but obviously hes an art megastar, whose. Andreas gursky is perhaps the bestknown member of a loose association of german artists under the tutelage of the conceptual photographers bernd and hilla becher.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Some of my favourite exhibitions ive ever visited have been staged your hallowed, southbank walls pipilotti rists gloriously bonkers moving image works, david shrigleys wryly hilarious takes on death. Andreas gursky the worlds most expensive photographer. Andreas gursky on the photograph that changed everything. In a landmark conversation between two of the most significant figures in contemporary photography, gursky talks to jeff wall about the sources for his. Published by steidl hayward gallery publishing, 2018. Gurskys signature mix of epic sweep and extreme detail is. In 2018, hayward gallery reopened with the first major uk retrospective of the work of acclaimed german photographer andreas gursky. The striking and adventurous photography of andreas gursky has. Katharina fritsch, ralph rugoff, gerald schroder, and brian sholis. The recordbreaking achievement came as a surprise to many, since the work featured a relatively bleak and deserted landscape without the vibrancy or boldness of the previous recordholder cindy. Andreas gursky, german photographer known for his monumental digitally manipulated photographs that examine consumer culture and the busyness of contemporary life. Published by steidlhayward gallery publishing, 2018.
In his resplendent largescale photographs, andreas gursky captures the modern world, and its landscapes, people, architecture, and industries, in seductive detail. Gurskys photos feature scenes involving enormous amounts of information. Hayward gallery, london the german photographers vast, highdetail images play wonderfully with reality and artifice though at the. Andreas gursky is one of my favourite contemporary artists and he is part of the reason i have been developing a real appreciation for photography over the last year or two. Andreas gursky hayward gallery andreas gursky steidl verlag. Andreas gursky exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography.
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