Roland Fischer Exhibition
Von Lintel Gallery
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Von Lintel Galley presents an exhibition of new photographs by German photographer Roland Fischer.
Including outstanding new additions to his Facades series and striking Chinese Pool Portraits, an offshoot of his well-received Los Angeles Portraits series, the works in this show exemplify the
new territory Fischer continues to explore in his unflagging examination of the formal aspects of photography.
Whether photographing buildings for his Facades, or people for his Pool Portraits, Fischer focuses
our attention directly on a specific entity. In the case of the buildings, Fischer fills the frame of his viewfinder with their facades, stripping them of the distracting visual cacophony that normally
surrounds them. Isolated so, their vivid colors and dramatic geometries demonstrate a striking formalism and visual punch that call to mind a photographic version of modernist abstract painting. Fischer's human subjects are also visually isolated, with only their heads and shoulders visible above the un-modulated blue of a still, indoor pool. De-contextualizing them this way, and portraying them with crystalline clarity, Fischer pointedly concentrates the viewer's awareness of the individuality of the building or person. Each picture is imbued with the feeling that it holds captive the spirit of its subject, and thus, his photographs transcend mere documentation and border on the sublime.
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Schedule
from May 22, 2008 to June 28, 2008