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Slovakische Nationalgalerie/National Gallery of Slovakia, Bratislava/SK, Arch. V. Dedecek

pigment-based inkjet print on aluminum

signed on lable on verso

The first solo exhibition of the photographer Hertha Hurnaus at the Krobath Gallery is dedicated to the works of the architect Vladimir Dedeček, which were built between 1960 and the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. The photos, however, are not documentary in nature, but rather an homage to an era of change in the field of architecture. As the images focus on interiors and details, the buildings are only recognisable to experts. They emphasise the common features of these structures: colour compositions that are reminiscent of abstract works of art. Located barely an hour’s drive from Vienna, these buildings are not unlike spaceships that have just returned to earth from an optimistic future.
(Oliver Elser, translation by Mandana Taban)