Inv. No.S-1043
Title
"o. T."
Year2006
Medium
pigment-based inkjet print
Dimensions127 x 183 cm
Edition1/5
Signature
signed, titled, dated and numbered on verso
Comment
From a height of three meters, porcelain figurines are dropped on the ground, and the sound they make when they hit trips the shutter release. The result: razor-sharp images of disturbing beauty—temporary sculptures made visible to the human eye by high-speed photography technology. The porcelain statuette bursting into pieces isn’t what really captures the attention; the fascination lies in the genesis of a dynamic figure that replaces the static pose. In contrast to the inertness of the intact kitsch figurines Klimas started out with, the photographs of their destruction possess a powerfully narrative character.
(Martin Klimas)







