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ANDREAS GURSKY

SC,ALE

]S

VITAL

IO

GURSKY

S

WORK,

NOT

ONLY

N

HI5 CHO]CI

OT

SUB.-]ECT AND

THE WAY

HE DEPICTS

THE SCENE

BU-I

ALSO

\ IHI- USE

OF GiANT_

FORN/AT

PRI NTS.

TH

ESE ALLOW

THE VI EWER

ALI'/OST

TO

TAIL

NTO

IF.]

E

SCI. N I

AN D

TO EXPTR]ENCE

IT

AS

THE

ART]ST

DID WI.]EN

HE

PHOTOGRAPI.]ED

T RFCF-.N1LY

GURSKY,S

V/ORK HAS TAKEN

ON A MORE

CRIiIC.AL

EDGE

3Y

TOOKING,AT

HUMAN

CONSUMPTION

AND

CONSUN4ERISN4

AND

THE EFFECTS

T]_iFSE

FIAVI ON

TT]E

].AI'ID

BY USING SUCH HIGH

AND DISTANTV

EV/POINTS

HE

OFFERS

USAV

EV/

OF SOC]ETY

THAT

WE COULD

NOT

OTHERW]SE EXPERIFNCE

ANI]REASGURSKY R M

N,2003

ANDREAS

OURsKY

ARENA

L

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As a

oerson

who orimarilv

experiences

his

environment

visually,

I

am always

obseiving

my immediate

iurrbundings.

Consequently,

I

am

constantly

putIing

things

inbrder,,

sorling

lhem oul.,

until

they become

a

whole.

My

preference

for

clear structures

is Ihe iesult oI

my desire,

p'erhaps

illusory' to

keep

track

o[

things and

mainl.ain

my

grip

on the

world.'

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