\'The Cloudy Translucence, like that of jade...\' (2004) by Nanni Baltzer (english)
Assistent director and curator of the Venice Biennial in 2004, Nanni Baltzer wrote for the catalogue 'Focus':
'... Andreas Gursky's Untitled VII and Frank van der Salm's Focus are, in different ways, paradigmatic of the new atmorspheric photography...', '...Focus is nothing other than an element of the shell of Herzog & de Meuron's stadium in Basle (CH). The human figure is lacking, indeed, one is left in the dartk about the nature of the object depicted, and without even a hint of human presence...', '...a new void...'!
To read the whole essay, download the pdf.
Assistent director and curator of the Venice Biennial in 2004, Nanni Baltzer wrote for the catalogue 'Focus':
'... Andreas Gursky's Untitled VII and Frank van der Salm's Focus are, in different ways, paradigmatic of the new atmorspheric photography...', '...Focus is nothing other than an element of the shell of Herzog & de Meuron's stadium in Basle (CH). The human figure is lacking, indeed, one is left in the dartk about the nature of the object depicted, and without even a hint of human presence...', '...a new void...'!
To read the whole essay, download the pdf.
