Lot 451 Christian Boltanski. Signal. 1995. C-Print auf …

Signal. 1995. C-Print auf Kodak Professional. 28 x 40,4 cm. Verso signiert und nummeriert. Punktuell auf Unterlage und unter Passepartout montiert. - Untere linke Ecke minimal bestoßen. Insgesamt in sehr gutem und sauberem Zustand. Prachtvoller, farbintensiver Abzug.

Photographie - Moderne Photographie – Eines von 100 Exemplaren. - Hg. Texte zur Kunst, Heft Nr. 20, 1995, "Konkurrenz und neue Normen". - Boltanski überträgt sein Prinzip der musealen Rekontextualisierung auf das Medium der Zeitung, indem er zwei unvermittelt aufeinandertreffende Fotografien kombiniert: die Biene auf der Blüte als Bild von Natur und Unschuld sowie das Portrait von Marschall von Reichenau als Verweis auf Krieg und Militarismus. Der Titel Signal, zugleich Name der deutschen Besatzungszeitung in Belgien, verknüpft die Besessenheit des Insektensammlers mit dem Glauben an eine vermeintlich "natürliche" Ordnung, deren scheinbare Selbstverständlichkeit Boltanski durch die Zufälligkeit seiner Bildkombination grundlegend in Frage stellt.

Modern Photography – C-print on Kodak Professional paper. 28 x 40.4 cm. Signed and numbered on the reverse. Mounted in places on a backing board and beneath the mat. - Slight scuffing to the bottom left corner. Overall in very good and clean condition. A magnificent, richly coloured print. - One of 100 copies. - Published by Texte zur Kunst, No. 20, 1995, "Competition and New Norms". - Boltanski applies his principle of museum-style recontextualisation to the medium of the newspaper by combining two photographs that clash abruptly: the bee on the flower as an image of nature and innocence, and the portrait of Marshal von Reichenau as a reference to war and militarism. The title Signal, which is also the name of the German occupation newspaper in Belgium, links the insect collector's obsession with a belief in a supposedly "natural" order, the apparent self-evidence of which Boltanski fundamentally calls into question through the randomness of his image combination.

Startprice: 500 €
Estimate: 750 €

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