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Körperbilder

Photograph
1960-1970 (produced)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Floris Neusüss has dedicated his career to extending the practice, study and teaching of experimental photography and the photogram. Alongside his practice as an artist, he is known as an influential writer and teacher, working as Professor in Experimental Photography, University of Kassel, Germany from 1971 until 2009. Since first exhibiting in the 1960s, he has consistently explored the photogram's numerous technical, conceptual and visual possibilities, resulting in works that range from the figurative to the abstract.

This portfolio of fifteen gelatin silver print reproductions of photograms, made by Neusüss between 1960 and 1970, also includes a self-portrait which documents the photogram technique and two details from an original photogram with photochemical oxidations.


Object details

Category
Object type
Title<i>Körperbilder</i> (series title)
Materials and techniques
Printed paper
Brief description
Frontispiece, from portfolio containing fifteen gelatin silver prints including reproductions of original photograms from the series Körperbilder, Floris M. Neusüss, Kassel, 1960-1970
Physical description
A sheet of printed paper included in a portfolio containing fifteen gelatin silver prints.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 50cm
  • Paper width: 40cm
Copy number
Edition of 3
Marks and inscriptions
'Floris.M.Neusüss / Körperbilder / aus der Zeit 1960-1970' (Printed.)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
This portfolio of fifteen gelatin silver prints includes twelve reproductions of early photograms by Floris Neusüss made between 1960 and 1970 and printed in scale 1:6 to the originals; a self-portrait documenting the artist's photogram technique; and two details from an original photogram with photochemical oxidations.
Summary
Floris Neusüss has dedicated his career to extending the practice, study and teaching of experimental photography and the photogram. Alongside his practice as an artist, he is known as an influential writer and teacher, working as Professor in Experimental Photography, University of Kassel, Germany from 1971 until 2009. Since first exhibiting in the 1960s, he has consistently explored the photogram's numerous technical, conceptual and visual possibilities, resulting in works that range from the figurative to the abstract.

This portfolio of fifteen gelatin silver print reproductions of photograms, made by Neusüss between 1960 and 1970, also includes a self-portrait which documents the photogram technique and two details from an original photogram with photochemical oxidations.
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
E.400:2-2013

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Record createdDecember 6, 2013
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