Götz Diergarten: photographs

Abstract

In his series featuring German Facades, French beach huts, and British seaside resorts, Götz Diergarten (*1972 in Mannheim) examines the outward appearance of different types of everyday buildings. Following in the footsteps of the Becher School, Diergarten's works are conceptually rigorous, with a documentary-style straightforwardness. Diergarten's originality, however, lies in the fact that he adds color as a dimension to this austere concept. In his METROpolis series, also presented in this book, he transforms the materials and patterns of passageways, tunnels, and railway platforms into abstract color spaces and fields. As in earlier series by Diergarten, the influences of American color photography by artists such as William Eggleston or Stephan Shore are obvious.

Contents

Vorwort -- Preface -- Von Farben Und Formen / Carsten Ahrens und Petra Helck -- On Colors And Forms / Carsten Ahrens and Petra Helck -- Das Besondere Im Banalen / Matthias Harder - The Particularity Of The Banal / Matthias Harder -- "Ich Bin Bilder-Finder Und Nicht Bild-Erfinder" / Ein Gespräch Zwischen Götz Diergarten, Rudolf Kicken Und Sven Beckstette -- "I Don't Invent Images, I Find Them." / A Conversation Between Götz Diergarten, Rudolf Kicken, and Sven Beckstette.