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Rainer Ganahl
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Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Philip Gourevitch (2006)
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2500 USD - unframed
2 color fotos (dyptich) 16 inches x 20 inches each (image size)
Signed on back, numbered, and dated.
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Edition of 8.
(The indicated price is for the dyptich).
Full Title: Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Philip Gourevitch, "The Radical Loser”: A Public Interview with Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Discussion with Philip Gourevitch, Goethe Institute New York, New York, April 28, 2006
Edition published by Thing Editions, New York, 2006
Excerpt from a statement by the artist written in March 2004:
I have accumulated an archive of photographs I have been taking in university class rooms and lecture halls. Photos are not only made of the
lecturer but also of the audience/listener/students during the class,
during the event. The idea for this S/L series came to me while auditing a seminar by Edward
Said entitled “The representation of intellectuals” at Columbia University in the mid-1990s. These ongoing photographic series has for me become the back bone for an artistic production with a specific aesthetic, visual and intellectual scope marked by administrative
systematism, continuity and contingency. As with other works of mine, these photographs have a strong indexical quality and refer to a body
of knowledge that shows my interest in issues of cultural critiques and politics - all issues that are vibrant in understanding today’s social world...
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Biography
Rainer Ganahl
Born Bludenz, Austria.
Lives and works in New York City.
In 2005, his work was shown at his most comprehensive solo-exhibition to date at the Wallach Gallery (Columbia University), New York.
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