My Quiet of Gold by Cooper & Gorfer
The Blue Shola, 2011 | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
"Der Wolf ist omnipräsent", sagen Sarah Cooper und Nina Gorfer über ihre Arbeit in Kirgisistan. In der jungen Demokratie erleben archaische Riten seit dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion eine Renaissance. Der Wolf, der wandernde Jäger, ist ein Sinnbild für das Leben der Nomaden. In den Bildern der Künstlerinnen ist er die Gefahr, die man nicht sieht, nur spürt.
The artist duo Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer work at the intersection of contemporary photography with painting of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Their photographic installations move fluidly between reality and imagination, technical and artistic interpretation, and collective myth and personal narrative.
For their exhibition My Quiet of Gold, Cooper and Gorfer traveled to the rural areas of Kyrgyzstan to collect sagas and stories in conversations and interviews with local inhabitants. Out of these tales, the duo created striking photographic portraits that go far beyond mere documentation to tell and visually interpret romantic-melancholy stories in completely new and non-linear ways.
Because their carefully staged motifs are then reworked digitally, another layer of fiction mixes with fact and pictorial choreography with photography. This unique blend creates a powerful new whole from the visual and narrative threads so organically and intuitively woven together by the artists.
The Wheat Exodus | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
Shola and Islam in a Field of Newly Planted Trees | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
The Carpet Picture | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
The Gauntlet Boy | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
Boys and Arms | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
Boy After the Father | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
Fall of the Twins | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
The Forest of 1985 | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
White Shola Under the Tree | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
The Goat Animal | © Cooper & Gorfer. An exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation/Courtesy of Gestalten
Die Ausstellung wird noch bis 27. November 2011 im Gestalten Space gezeigt. Sophie-Gips-Höfe, Sophienstraße 21, 10178 Berlin. www.gestalten.com Das Buch "SEEK Volume 02 - Kyrgyzstan: My Quiet of Gold" von Sarah Cooper und Nina Gorfer ist bei Gestalten erschienen. 344 Seiten; Sprache: Englisch; ISBN: 3899553675; 44 €.
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