Candida Hoefer
dal 27/10/2001 al 22/12/2001
Segnalato da
27/10/2001
Candida Hoefer
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
The artist describes her work with interiors as follows: "I take photographs in public and semi-public spaces dating from different periods. They are rooms that are accessible to all. They are places where people meet, places of communication, knowledge, relaxation, recreation. All these rooms perform a function, and most of the things in them also perform a function."
The artist Candida Höfer (born 1944), who lives in Cologne, is one of the
most important representatives of new German photography. She has
been photographing representative public spaces such as staircases
and halls, foyers, reading rooms in libraries or the exhibition rooms of a
wide variety of museums - to mention just a few of her subjects - for
over two decades.
Candida Höfer describes her work with interiors as follows: "I take
photographs in public and semi-public spaces dating from different
periods. They are rooms that are accessible to all. They are places
where people meet, places of communication, knowledge, relaxation,
recreation. All these rooms perform a function, and most of the things in
them also perform a function." (in: Höfer - Photographie)
The artist always selects a special view of an interior and shows the
space simply, without interpretation. Her photographs are usually based
on a structured composition; to a certain extent Diener & Diener’s
columns serve to frame the photograph, while the overhanging
balconies in the semi-circular theatre in Calais show the view from the
stage into the auditorium. Candida Höfer makes no changes to the
interiors she photographs, nor does she arrange certain subjects, but
photographs the interior just as she finds it. She does not alter the
lighting, and captures what she sees in a simple, unpretentious way.
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber was founded in 1998 when Eva
Presenhuber went into a partnership with Iwan Wirth from Galerie Hauser
& Wirth. Since then both galleries are located with two independent
programs at Limmatstrasse 270 in Zurich, together with the Kunsthalle
Zurich, the Migros Museum for Contemporary Art Zurich and some other
galleries.
Within the last three years the program of Galerie Hauser & Wirth &
Presenhuber has been extended by artists like Doug Aitken, Liam Gillick,
Roni Horn and Emmanuelle Antille.
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber
Limmatstrasse 270 CH-8005 Zurich
hours: Tue - Fri 12 - 6 p.m., Sat 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.