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Gregor Sailer : the Potemkin village

Title
Gregor Sailer : the Potemkin village / texts, Judith M. Lehner, Linde B. Lehtinen, Walter Moser ; translations = übertsetzungen, Angelika Franz, Bronwen Saunders.
Author
Sailer, Gregor
Publication
  • Heidelberg : Kehrer Verlag, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Lehner, Judith M., 1982-
  • Lehtinen, Linde B.
  • Moser, Walter, 1979-
  • Franz, Angelika
  • Saunders, Bronwen
  • Technische Universität München. Architekturmuseum, host institution
  • Krasnoi͡arskiĭ kraĭ (Russia). Krasnoyarsk Biennale of Contemporary Art, host institution
  • Kehrer Verlag. Galerie, host institution
  • Cloître Saint-Trophime (Arles, France), host institution
Description
304 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
Summary
According to legend, the phrase Potemkin village can be traced back to the Russian field marshal Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin. In 1787, the minion of Catherine the Great purportedly had entire villages erected as painted façades along the paths of her travels to the recently conquered Crimean territory in an effort to veil the true, run-down face of the region. Following Closed Cities (Kehrer 2012), Gregor Sailer's new project once again presents actual architectural manifestations driven by political, military, and economic motives: combat training centers in the USA and Europe, faithful replicas of European cities in China, and vehicle test cities in Sweden. And finally, a classical Potemkin village in Russia, where, on the occasion of a visit by Vladimir Putin to Suzdal on the Golden Ring and a triple summit in the city of Ufa, whole streets were masked with adhesive foil, wallpaper, and tarpaulins in an effort to provide the abandoned buildings with a feigned sense of activity. Sailer's pictures give the viewer access to the world of fakes, copies, and stage sets and call these at times absurd aberrations of our contemporary society into question. Exhibition: Architekturmuseum der TU München - Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany (14.09.2017- 07.01.2018) / FO.KU.S Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Austria (15.11.2017- 20.01.2018) / Krasnoyarsk Biennale of Contemporary Art, Russia (10.2017) / Kehrer Galerie, Berlin, Germany (02.2018).
Uniform Title
  • Gregor Sailer.
  • Gregor Sailer. German.
Alternative Title
Potemkin village
Subject
  • Sailer, Gregor > Catalogs
  • Sailer, Gregor
  • BTV Stadtforum (Innsbrück, Austria)
  • BTV Stadtforum (Innsbrück, Austria), host institution
  • Landscape photography > Catalogs
  • Architecture and photography > Catalogs
  • Facades > Catalogs
  • Architecture and photography
  • Facades
  • Landscape photography
Genre/Form
Catalogs.
Note
  • This catalog accompanies exhibitions held at: Architekturmuseum der TU München - Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany (14.09.2017- 07.01.2018), FO.KU.S Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Austria (15.11.2017- 20.01.2018), Krasnoyarsk Biennale of Contemporary Art, Russia (10.2017), Kehrer Galerie, Berlin, Germany (02.2018), Cloítre Saint-Trophime, France, (2.07.2018- 23.09.2018).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and German.
Awards (note)
  • Felix Schoeller Free Choice/Conceptual Photography shortlist, 2017.
Call Number
JQG 19-46
ISBN
  • 9783868288278
  • 3868288279
OCLC
1004719725
Author
Sailer, Gregor, photographer.
Title
Gregor Sailer : the Potemkin village / texts, Judith M. Lehner, Linde B. Lehtinen, Walter Moser ; translations = übertsetzungen, Angelika Franz, Bronwen Saunders.
Publisher
Heidelberg : Kehrer Verlag, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Text in English and German.
Awards
Felix Schoeller Free Choice/Conceptual Photography shortlist, 2017.
Added Author
Lehner, Judith M., 1982- author.
Lehtinen, Linde B., author.
Moser, Walter, 1979- author.
Sailer, Gregor. Photographs. Selections.
Franz, Angelika, translator.
Saunders, Bronwen, translator.
Technische Universität München. Architekturmuseum, host institution.
Krasnoi͡arskiĭ kraĭ (Russia). Krasnoyarsk Biennale of Contemporary Art, host institution.
Kehrer Verlag. Galerie, host institution.
Cloître Saint-Trophime (Arles, France), host institution.
Added Title
Gregor Sailer.
Gregor Sailer. German.
Research Call Number
JQG 19-46
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