
Candida Hoefer: Architecture of Absence
Candida Hoefer(Author)
Aperture (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 27. September 2004
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-1-931788-48-9 (ISBN)
Description
Over the last thirty years, Candida Hofer has created meticulously composed images of the interiors of public and institutional spaces - spaces marked with the richness of human activity, yet largely devoid of human presence. Wether it be a photograph of a national library, or a lounge room at Volkswagen's corporate headquarters, Hofer's images ask us to conduct a distanced examination through the widow she has created. Seen as a collection, Hofer's rhythmically patterned images present a universe of interiors wholly constructed by human intention, unearthing patterns of order, logic, and disruption imposed on these spaces by their now absent creators and inhabitants.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
67 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 240 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-931788-48-9 (9781931788489)
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Person
Candida Hofer studied photography under Bernd Becher from 1976 until 1982. Since 1975 she has had solo exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout Europe and the United States, including the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany; the Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland; the Centre Photographique d'Ile de France; Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco; Johnen & Schottle, Cologne; and Sonnabend Gallery, New York.