Andreas Gefeller: Works 2023-1996

Andreas Gefeller's photography explores the boundaries between reality and illusion, using techniques such as long exposures and high-speed flashes to challenge our visual perception and reveal the hidden reality of the seemingly familiar.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 27 April 2023
Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Optical illusions that reveal a hidden reality

"Like a visitor from outer space, I try to take a look at the human habitat from the outside - curious, but also with horror."

Exploring the possibilities of the photographic medium to the limits, Andreas Gefeller explores the liminal space where reality takes on the quality of a phantasmic phenomenon. From early documentary series to unusual perspectives and digital multi-image collages, this publication brings together previously unpublished photographs, key images from Gefellers well-known series as well as his recent work.

The retrospective reveals how the artist uses techniques ranging from extreme long- and overexposures to high-speed flashes to challenge our visual perception. Examining the human influence on nature, he creates images of an almost sublime abstract-painterly quality and then breaks the enchantment to reveal the hidden reality of the seemingly familiar.

"Like a visitor from outer space, I try to take a look at the human habitat from the outside - curious, but also with horror."

Exploring the possibilities of the photographic medium to the limits, Andreas Gefeller explores the liminal space where reality takes on the quality of a phantasmic phenomenon. From early documentary series to unusual perspectives and digital multi-image collages, this publication brings together previously unpublished photographs, key images from Gefellers well-known series as well as his recent work.

The retrospective reveals how the artist uses techniques ranging from extreme long- and overexposures to high-speed flashes to challenge our visual perception. Examining the human influence on nature, he creates images of an almost sublime abstract-painterly quality and then breaks the enchantment to reveal the hidden reality of the seemingly familiar.

"Like a visitor from outer space, I try to take a look at the human habitat from the outside - curious, but also with horror."

Exploring the possibilities of the photographic medium to the limits, Andreas Gefeller explores the liminal space where reality takes on the quality of a phantasmic phenomenon. From early documentary series to unusual perspectives and digital multi-image collages, this publication brings together previously unpublished photographs, key images from Gefellers well-known series as well as his recent work.

The retrospective reveals how the artist uses techniques ranging from extreme long- and overexposures to high-speed flashes to challenge our visual perception. Examining the human influence on nature, he creates images of an almost sublime abstract-painterly quality and then breaks the enchantment to reveal the hidden reality of the seemingly familiar.

Weight: 1438g
Dimension: 310 x 245 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783775754644