Die Farbe Grau / The Colour Grey Special Edition61 Pages. 23 x 30 cm German English Text by Dietmar Elger, Martin Germann & Thomas Weski. Thomas Zander. Kln 2018 19. Grey pictures by Richter from the years 1965 to 1974 as well as "Spiegel, Grau Mirror, Grey" from 1991 are juxtaposed with photos by Michael Schmidt of "Waffenruhe" (1985 1987) and "Berlin Wedding" (1976 1978).
While much of the outside world’s opinion of the USSR at that point was of a mighty power constrained—images of dour citizens queuing for bread made nightly newscasts worldwide—Kitajima resolved to avoid conforming to both “Western Humanist” ideology (wherein the chaos and ugliness of the regime was represented in stark contrast to Western affluence) and also to falling prey to state propaganda depicting happy laborers
including a signed and numbered baryt print
including previously unreleased images
the Germany that revealed itself in the 2000s was a lot different than the one I had grown up in
In a symbolical as well as narrative way
Berlin (2012)
such as somnambulism
haphazard product displays
Paperback a5 selfcovering
others are in prison and many have have died from illness
albeit on a sporadic and occasional basis as and when resources have allowed
Good Goddamn