Andreas Gursky Exhibition
Matthew Marks Gallery 523 W 24th St.
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This exhibition of new photographs by Andreas Gursky, includes five large-scale photographs and is Gursky’s sixth exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery since 1997. Gursky has long been interested in electronic music and for more than a decade his photographs of raves and concerts have made up an important part of his work. For his newest pictures, Gursky has photographed The Cocoon Club in Frankfurt, a famous German nightclub designed by his friend, the DJ Sven Väth. The club resembles a futuristic hive and two of the photographs on view depict nearly 1,000 people dancing. Two other photographs show the club emptied of its clientele, highlighting the unusual architecture. In one, the artist appears for the first time in a self-portrait with his son.
A photograph made in a coal mine near Gursky’s home in Düsseldorf, called “Hamm, Bergwerk Ost”, will also be on view. The photograph shows a locker room ceiling and the innovative way in which the miners store their clothes. Founded in 1873, the mine extends to a depth of 1,500 meters and employs 2,500. Earlier this year it was announced that the mine will be shut in 2010 as part of a government plan to close all coal facilities by 2018 because it has become cheaper to acquire coal from abroad.
[Image: Andreas Gursky "Cocoon II" (2008) C-print mounted on Plexiglas 83.5 x 199.5 in.]
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Schedule
from November 06, 2008 to December 24, 2008