ANDREAS GURSKY. EARLY LANDSCAPES     SPRÜTH MAGERS LONDON   APRIL 15 – JUNE 21 2014

Andreas Gursky Alba, 1989, 87 x 108 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches Copyright: Andreas Gursky / DACS 2014 Courtesy Sprüth Magers Berlin London

Thnaks to Phaidon for bringing this exhibition to our attention:

…No one else has captured the queasy beauty of the modern world quite as well as this 59-year-old German. Yet, while his best-known images feel as if they faithfully capture contemporary life, it’s perhaps a little dispiriting to hear that Gursky admits to digitally manipulating some of his photographs.

Andreas Gursky Niagara, 1989 109 3/4 x 87 x 2 3/8 inches Copyright: Andreas Gursky / DACS 2014 Courtesy Sprüth Magers Berlin London

Those keen to see what Gursky’s vision might look like without the post-production should view a new selection of pictures, going on show at Sprüth Magers in London next week. Andreas Gursky, Early Landscapes, open 15 April – 21 June 2014; this selection of images were shot during the late eighties and early nineties. The pictures predate “Gursky’s extensive use of digital technology,” the gallery explains, adding that they are “characterised by what the artist has called an ‘extraterrestrial’ perspective, the pictures are titled simply and directly after the geographical location where they were taken.”…

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