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Bogomir Ecker : was das Foto verschweigt = what the photo withholds

Title
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.
Publication
Dortmund : Verlag Kettler, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Ecker, Bogomir, 1950-
  • Finckh, Gerhard
  • Schönegg, Kathrin, 1982-
  • K., Stephanie
  • Brosius, Clia
  • Kaag, Sierra
  • Von der Heydt--Kunsthalle, host institution
Description
175 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm
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.
Uniform Title
  • Bogomir Ecker.
  • Bogomir Ecker. English.
Alternative Title
  • Was das Foto verschweigt
  • What the photo withholds
Subjects
Note
  • On the occasion of an exhibition held at Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal, September 23, 2018 - February 17, 2019.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • German and English.
  • Text in German and English.
Call Number
JQG 19-496
ISBN
  • 9783862067213
  • 3862067211
LCCN
9783862067213
OCLC
1091110945
Title
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.
Publisher
Dortmund : Verlag Kettler, [2018]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
German and English.
Text in German and English.
Added Author
Ecker, Bogomir, 1950- Works. Selections.
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.
Added Title
Bogomir Ecker.
Bogomir Ecker. English.
Other Standard Identifier
9783862067213
Research Call Number
JQG 19-496
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