Pieter Hugo
dal 28/1/2015 al 10/4/2015
Segnalato da
28/1/2015
Pieter Hugo
Galerie Priska Pasquer, Koln
Corporeality. Photographic works from his most important series
Corporeality. What does it mean to live in cities today? This question is central to the photographic works of Pieter Hugo (*1976). The South African photo artist, who travelled through Africa while only in his early twenties - then still as a photo journalist for the New York Times and other publications - captures above all the corporeal presence of people in their respective, often conflict-ridden cultures. His urgent portraits come together to form a social tableau that depicts the current and radically critical realities of life, not only in African cities. The exhibition will be showcasing works from his most important series, including "The Hyena and Other Men" (2007), "Permanent Error" (2009-2010) and "There Is A Place in Hell for Me and My Friends" (2011-2012). The clearly composed photographs are unsettling images that symbolise the extreme tension between nature and culture, between humans and animals, tradition and modernity, city and wilderness that characterises urban sub-Saharan life today. Opening: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 6-9pm