Sentences with phrase «layers iconic photographs»
Idris Khan's Every... Bernd and Hilla Becher Spherical Type Gasholder (2004), a gift from Mary and Dan Solomon, layers iconic photographs by the celebrated German photographers Bernd (1931 — 2007) and Hilla Becher (1934 — 2015) one on top of another, transforming their cool and objective images into hauntingly evocative pictures.
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Sculpture Project Echo (2009), Pousttchi's series of twentyfour colour photographs created in the six months during which Echo was on view, is a much - layered portrayal of this black - and - white photo installation's powerful persistence among the iconic buildings that surrounded it, including the Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral), the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery), the GDR - built Fernsehturm (Television Tower, which, at 368 metres, is still the tallest structure in Germany), and the uncovered foundations of the original Berlin City Palace.
In one body of work, Kahn reproduced the iconic photographs of gas holders, water towers and other industrial structures taken by Bernd and Hilla Becher during the 1960s, repeatedly layering each photo to create a composite image that resembles a crosshatched drawing or blurry film still.