A highly topical piece of contemporary history relating to the subject of refugees

An exciting combination of photo art and political and social debate

Sensitive portraits of people between collective and individual fate

19,95 £ [UK]

Roland Fischer - Refugees

Roland Fischer was inspired by the current political and social events relating to the topic of refugees to create a collective portrait consisting of over 1,000 separate photographs. Central questions about identity and solidarity, which are the subject of discussion in the socio-political debate, are raised and treated in an artistic manner.

description

The term “refugees” is removed from its abstract context and real people appear in the viewer’s field of vision, complete with name. As regards motif and topic, a collective portrait like this one, for which the artist mounted 1,000 individual portraits, hovers between the individual and the collective. While refugees and migrants are perceived primarily as an abstract collective and an indeterminate mass, especially as a result of the reporting in the media, Roland Fischer and his art project point out that this collective is comprised of many individuals with personal, individual fates.

press commentaries

Zeigt stets Persönlichkeiten, die man gern kennenlernen würde und deren gefahrvolle Flucht Bewunderung abringt. Ein wichtiges Buch.

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Details

Stephan Lessenich, Bernhard Waldenfels

Ed. Kunstverein Rosenheim

In stock

English-German edition

208 pages, 221 colour illustrations
17 x 24 cm, paperback

ISBN: 978-3-7774-2762-1

Events

Santiago de Compostela | Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea