Bogomir Ecker : was das Foto verschweigt = what the photo withholds / Herausgeber, Gerhard Finckh ; Texte, Gerhard Finckh, Kathrin Schönegg ; Übersetzungen, Stephanie Klco-Brosius, Clia Brosius, Sierra Kaag.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finckh, Gerhard, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Schönegg, Kathrin, 1982- writer of supplementary textual content.

K., Stephanie, translator.

Brosius, Clia, translator.

Kaag, Sierra, translator.

Von der Heydt--Kunsthalle, host institution.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Ecker, Bogomir, 1950---Exhibitions.

Ecker, Bogomir.

Ecker, Bogomir, 1950-.

Photography, Handworked.

Photocollage.

Installations (Art).

Photocollage--Exhibitions.

Photography, Handworked--Exhibitions.

Installations (Art)--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Was das Foto verschweigt

What the photo withholds

Place of Publication:

[Dortmund] : Verlag Kettler, 2018.

Language Note:

German and English.

Text in German and English.

Summary:

Bogomir Ecker is well-known for his sculptures, which are specific to a location or context, as well as for his huge installations and enigmatic objects. These works challenge our sensory experience. In his art, Ecker is primarily questioning how the world's technological developments are affecting human beings, how our perception, thoughts, and feelings are changing through the media and modern communication. From old press photos, for example, Ecker arranges large-sized, associative tableaux. The pictures thus lose their previous reference frame and their original import as conveyors of news. In other works, he paints over and punctures individual photos or entire newspapers. He isolates and distorts particular motifs, in order to contest the veracity of the picture or to highlight the selectivity of press coverage. Although Ecker has never taken photos himself in an artistic sense, his sculptural works repeatedly refer to the medium of photography. Between 1979 and 1982, he developed his Nachtfotos (night photos). To create these images, Ecker painted a wide variety of objects in public spaces with phosphorous ink, in order to subsequently document them by letting them flash up through the camera in the brief moment of their visibility.

Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal, September 23, 2018 - February 17, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal, September 9, 2018 - February 17, 2019.

Contains:

Ecker, Bogomir, 1950- Works. Selections.

Bogomir Ecker.

Bogomir Ecker. English.

ISBN:

9783862067213

3862067211

OCLC:

1091110945

Publisher Number:

9783862067213