Seine blosse Gegenwart empfand er
Sa présence même, il la ressentit
Photo/Text # 28
CR 162. Year 1974
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- FR
Seine blosse Gegenwart empfand er als Einmischung. Es war ein Feiertag, die Türen waren verschlossen und die eisernen Storen heruntergelassen. Er entschied sich zu gehen, nachdem er die Aufnahmen ...
"The '70s photographic work was full of shadows, mist, fog, reflected light, and barely recognisable objects, though it was never abstract - there always seemed to be something real in front of the camera."
Bojana Pejic 1992
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2 b+w photographs, text (handwritten with ink on cardboard and typed on paper), mounted on cardboard, wooden frame, 40 x 50 cm, stamped: vécu - non-vécu, Jochen Gerz, dated and signed: 12/2/74 Jochen Gerz
In addition to the German original a German exhibition version exists at Studio Gerz. As well a French translation has been authorized.
Sammlung Dr. Baumeler, Leukerbad
Exhibitions
Karlsruhe 1975 (Duisburg 1975. Braunschweig 1976). Hannover 1977. Bruxelles 1985
Bibliography
I: Lichtenberg 1974, pp. 70-71. Bonn 1975, p. 11. Hannover 1977, p. 92. Paris 1994a, p. 22