Andreas Gursky
January 6, 2008
Gursky’s large panoramic prints up to five meters in length required him to distance himself ever further from his object and to elevate himself above it. He positioned himself in another apartment building (Hong Kong, Shanghai Bank, 1994), on a crane (Mayday V), and even from a helicopter (Bahrain). The adoption of a bird’s-eye view goes hand in hand with an opposite move: zooming in to the tiniest detail …
Jeff Wall
January 5, 2008
A sudden gust of wind …. (afterHukosai)
Wall draws upon cinematic techniques by using actors as protagonists, artificial lighting, staged compositions, and a narrative technique which leads you to contemplate the unseen events leading to the moment depicted
