Nach Innen/In Deeper
Photograph
1999 (made)
1999 (made)
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Rut Blees Luxemburg is an influential and well respected figure in the contemporary fine art photography scene. She was born in Germany in 1967 and educated at the London College of Printing and the University of Westminster.
Luxemburg's early work presented London as a city filled with raucous visual noise, typified by the dazzling after-images of car headlights streaking through deserted spaces. In 1999 she exhibited a series titled Liebeslied (Lovesong). This time her large-scale colour images captured a fin de siècle city filled with reflection, memory traces, reverie and history. This nocturnal view can be seen as a symbol for the starting or finishing point of a journey. Luxemburg's view of London was informed by the night poems of the German Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin and with such contemporary writers on the city such as Peter Ackroyd and Iain Sinclair.
Luxemburg's early work presented London as a city filled with raucous visual noise, typified by the dazzling after-images of car headlights streaking through deserted spaces. In 1999 she exhibited a series titled Liebeslied (Lovesong). This time her large-scale colour images captured a fin de siècle city filled with reflection, memory traces, reverie and history. This nocturnal view can be seen as a symbol for the starting or finishing point of a journey. Luxemburg's view of London was informed by the night poems of the German Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin and with such contemporary writers on the city such as Peter Ackroyd and Iain Sinclair.
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| Materials and techniques | C-print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Rut Blees Luxemburg 'Nach Innen/In Deeper', 1999 |
| Physical description | Photograph taken at night showing steps leading down to the river Thames. |
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| Credit line | Given by Adrian Sassoon, Esq. |
| Object history | 'Nach Innen/In Deeper', taken by Rut Blees Luxemburg is from the series, 'Liebeslied', 1999. Historical significance: Luxemburg's early work presented London as a city filled with raucous visual noise, typified by the dazzling after-images of car headlights streaking through deserted spaces. In 1999 she exhibited a series titled Liebeslied (Lovesong). This time her large-scale colour captured a fin de siècle city filled with reflection, memory traces, reverie and history. Luxemburg's view of London was informed by the night poems of the German Romantic poet Friedrich Höolderlin and with such contemporary writers on the city such as Peter Ackroyd and Iain Sinclair. Mark Haworth-Booth |
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| Summary | Rut Blees Luxemburg is an influential and well respected figure in the contemporary fine art photography scene. She was born in Germany in 1967 and educated at the London College of Printing and the University of Westminster. Luxemburg's early work presented London as a city filled with raucous visual noise, typified by the dazzling after-images of car headlights streaking through deserted spaces. In 1999 she exhibited a series titled Liebeslied (Lovesong). This time her large-scale colour images captured a fin de siècle city filled with reflection, memory traces, reverie and history. This nocturnal view can be seen as a symbol for the starting or finishing point of a journey. Luxemburg's view of London was informed by the night poems of the German Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin and with such contemporary writers on the city such as Peter Ackroyd and Iain Sinclair. |
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| Accession number | E.831-2000 |
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| Record created | July 11, 2000 |
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