这个作品,as I discussed with my LD,必须和这个人的所有其他现代艺术作品结合 起来看才行。 我看了之后第一感觉也是不知所云。但是跑去找了99 cents来看,并了解到这东西是打 印成一米多见方之后,就了解他是干啥的了。这不应该拿风光摄影来解释,更多的是现 代艺术作品。 不过alf老师进一步指出这货居然把建筑都ps掉了……这个根本就已经超出普通“摄影 作品”的意义与范畴了。 这种基本和赫胥宏里“lines, II”之类的作品是一个范畴的东西。
不吵架不吵架。这个话题还挺有意思的,又google了几片文章 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/11/andreas-gurs The Guardian A sludgy image of the grey Rhine under grey skies, by the German artist Andreas Gursky, has sold for $4.3m (£2.7m) at a Christie's auction in New York, setting a new world record for a photograph. The desolate featureless landscape shown in Rhine II is no accident: Gursky explained in an interview that it is his favourite picture: "It says a lot using the most minimal means … for me it is an allegorical picture about the meaning of life and how things are." In fact the artist carefully digitally removed any intrusive features – dog walkers, cyclists, a factory building – until it was bleak enough to satisfy him. Christie's described it as "a dramatic and profound reflection on human existence and our relationship to nature on the cusp of the 21st century". The buyer of the huge glass-mounted 350cm x 200cm (80in x 140in) print is unknown, but other Gursky works hang in the collections of major museums including Tate Modern and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The previous record for a photograph was paid for a 1981 print by the American Cindy Sherman, who is also the subject of all her own works. Gursky's prices have steadily been climbing at auction for the past decade: a diptych, 99 cent II, sold for £1.7m at a 2007 Sotheby's auction. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57323385/gursky-photo-sets- (CBS News) It may look like something that many people could take themselves, but one anonymous bidder found a photograph titled "Rhein II" by artist Andreas Gursky so striking that they were willing to pay more than $ 4 million for it. The digital photograph, executed in 1999, set a world auction record for " Most expensive photograph sold at auction" at Christie's in New York on Tuesday. The work exceeded the auction house's expectations to sell in the $ 2.5 to $3.5 million range. Francis Outred, Christie's Head of Post War and Contemporary Art Europe, told CBS News that the auction was very competitive, with three bidders on the phone and two in the room. "This is an image which speaks to everyman on many different levels," Outred explained. "At its most basic, it is an astounding picture of nature, which has been scaled and detailed to take the viewer right into the scene in the way that artists have strived to do throughout history," he said, adding that not only is Gursky one of the most important artists of today, he's responsible for putting photography in its predominant place in the art world. According to Christie's, the photograph is the first in an edition of six, four of which are currently included in major international public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London and the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. This picture is the largest of the group. The German artist digitally manipulates his photographs for effect. For " Rhein II," Gursky removed all elements that detracted from the sparse natural scene -- the river and grass embankments. "There is a particular place with a view over the Rhine which has somehow always fascinated me, but it didn't suffice for a picture as it basically constituted only part of a picture," Gursky said in the book "Shrines and Ornaments: A Look into the Display Cabinet." "I carried this idea for a picture around with me for a year and a half and thought about whether I ought perhaps to change my viewpoint. ... In the end I decided to digitalize the pictures and leave out the elements that bothered me." Some have questioned whether the photo is a work of art worthy the hefty price tag. An unnamed gallery professional told Wired they thought the price was exorbitant, attributing the high sale price to a new fad where photographers are finding it easier to sell their work in higher-priced fine art markets if they call themselves "artists." Outred, however, told CBS News that it's not just a matter of rebranding. He believes artistic photography is evolving as an art form, and because of all the innovations, we'll see more multi-million dollar photographs sold at auction. "Photography has progressed rapidly over the past 170 years, but most dramatically in the last thirty years with the adaptation of large scale, full colour images, so that the masterpieces of today stand up against most of their historical predecessors," he said. "As such, their scale, presentation and concepts make the best works outstanding works of art which stand up against anything in history. In my opinion, this price will come to be seen as extremely reasonable in future."
【在 a*f 的大作中提到】 : 不吵架不吵架。这个话题还挺有意思的,又google了几片文章 : http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/11/andreas-gurs : The Guardian : A sludgy image of the grey Rhine under grey skies, by the German artist : Andreas Gursky, has sold for $4.3m (£2.7m) at a Christie's auction in New : York, setting a new world record for a photograph. : The desolate featureless landscape shown in Rhine II is no accident: Gursky : explained in an interview that it is his favourite picture: "It says a lot : using the most minimal means … for me it is an allegorical picture about : the meaning of life and how things are."