Roland Fischer : Facades (Photography)

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Roland Fischer : Facades (Photography)

Categories: photography
Tags: abstract, C-print, Facades, geometric, German, photography, plexiglass, Roland Fischer

N-2, Brasilia
C-print face-mounted to plexiglass
71 x 49 inches
2006

Metropolitan Plaza, Chongqing
C-print face-mounted to plexiglass
71 x 49 inches
2006

Berrini, Sao Paulo
C-print face-mounted to plexiglass
71 x 49 inches
2006

Roland Fischer focuses our attention directly on a specific entity. In the case of buildings, he 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.

Roland Fischer : Von Lintel Gallery

Roland Fischer : Durham Press

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1 brancolina
November 3, 2010 at 8:59 pm

the third one is especially nice

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