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Reinhard GörnerReinhard Görner, Weightless Wisdom, Library, Zurich, Switzerland2018
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Reinhard Görner
Weightless Wisdom
Library
Zurich, Switzerland
62.5" x 50"
Edition of 10
$6,000
75" x 60"
Edition of 7
$9,000
87.5" x 70"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of historical architecture, gardens, and masterpieces.
An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge.
"Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm I in the Hall of Mirrors after France was defeated in 1870–1871 in the Franco-German War. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I was also signed there in 1919. In this sense, the architectural photographs of Versailles’s ceremonial rooms have an edge on Renaissance paintings; here even a sense of world history arises within the viewer – one which continues to exert an influence today". Horst Klöver
- Creator:Reinhard Görner (1950, German)
- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 87.5 in (222.25 cm)Width: 70 in (177.8 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Los Angeles, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 499-937-21stDibs: LU1484917512
Reinhard Görner
Libraries are both shelters and places of escape. It is this feeling that German photographer Reinhard Görner has been exploring for many years, in search of the most beautiful and solemn reading rooms around the world. Intimate libraries nestled in the heart of secluded abbeys or grandiose halls of prestigious universities, for the German artist, these rooms are an inexhaustible reservoir of inspiration. Let yourself be transported through architectures, styles and eras in this portrait of Reinhard Görner, a self-taught artist with a multifaceted and contagious passion. As an architectural photographer, Reinhard worked for many years for architects before deciding to focus on his passion. His goal is to explore how the great masters of architecture have created spaces that breathe beauty and silence by playing with shadows, light, proportions, rhythms. He quickly discovered that libraries have always been and still are wonderful playgrounds for architects, allowing them to focus on the question of form and emptiness: "I see myself as an ambassador trying to convey the spirit of these builders with my photographic means". The artist photographed and fell in love with his first library in 2005, as he was working with architect Sir Norman Foster and captured the philological library of Berlin’s Frei Universität. Since then, the cathedral-like atmosphere of New York’s Rose main reading room made a long-lasting impact on the artist and he started to intensify his documentation of libraries across the world. Görner’s photographs seek to convey the impact architecture has on our awareness of life : the libraries he captures open spaces, tell stories and refer to a time when one’s sense of aestethics and sense of space were identical. Görner’s photos refer to the vastness great architecture has been celebrating throughout history, bringing to mind historical periods where beauty and tranquility meet. His work pays a tribute to the Becher art school. Like other disciples’ – Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff and Candida Höfer – Görner’s work is strictly conceptual, combined with a fine technical approach. All their works demonstrate the same fascination for typology and record the heritage of the western cultural and industrial past.
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Weightless Wisdom
Library
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62.5" x 50"
Edition of 10
$6,000
75" x 60"
Edition of 7
$9,000
87.5" x 70"
Edition of 5
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Reinhard Görner, Weightless Wisdom, Library, Zurich, Switzerland
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Weightless Wisdom
Library
Zurich, Switzerland
Contemporary large scale photograph
62.5" x 50"
Edition of 10
$6,000
75" x 60"
Edition of 7
$9,000
87.5" x 70"
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Landscape Photography
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Law Library
Zurich, Switzerland
50" x 62.5"
Edition of 10
$6,000
60" x 75"
Edition of 7
$9,000
70" x 87.5"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Landscape Photography
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Reinhard Görner, Law Library, Zurich, Switzerland
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Law Library
Zurich, Switzerland
50" x 62.5"
Edition of 10
$6,000
60" x 75"
Edition of 7
$9,000
70" x 87.5"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
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By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Law Library
Zurich, Switzerland
Contemporary large scale photograph
50" x 62.5"
Edition of 10
$6,000
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