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Anliegerweg (Residents' Path), 2000

Photograph
2000 (made)
Artist/Maker
Boberg, Oliver (artist)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Colour photograph showing a close-up of buildings, a model, with window.


Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleAnliegerweg (Residents' Path), 2000 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
C-type colour photograph
Brief description
C-type Colour photograph showing a close-up of buildings, a model, with window, Oliver Boberg, 2000.
Physical description
Colour photograph showing a close-up of buildings, a model, with window.
Dimensions
  • Height: 939mm
  • Width: 682mm
Gallery label
  • Making It Up: Photographic Fictions (2018) Marta Weiss Boberg’s photographs feature the type of urban location favoured by many contemporary photographers. However, the scenes are not real. He photographs a place, makes models of it in his studio and, finally, photographs the models. ‘I try to keep my motifs free of everything that is individual about a certain place and to present a place in a general way, so that anyone can imagine it for themselves.’
  • Label for 'Making It Up: Photographic Fictions' (3 May 2013 - 12 January 2014): Oliver Boberg (born 1965) Anliegerweg (Residents’ Path) 2000 Boberg’s photographs feature the type of urban location favoured by many contemporary photographers. However, the scenes are not real. He photographs a place, makes models of it in his studio and, finally, photographs the models. ‘I try to keep my motifs free of everything that is individual about a certain place and to present a place in a general way, so that anyone can imagine it for themselves.’ C-type print Given by BMW Financial Services Group Museum no. E.8-2002
Credit line
Given by BMW Financial Services Group
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.8-2002

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2002
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O64086/anliegerweg-residents-path-2000-photograph-boberg-oliver/
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