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Details of object number: 248689
Title:Aspen 78/2009 (original title)
Number of parts:3
Object name:Photography GND
Collection:Kunstankauf, Abteilung Deutsche Kultur
Created by:Niedermayr, Walter (artist) (Bolzano/Bozen, 1952-02-27)
Production date:2009
Description:Colour photograph in three parts from the group “The Aspen Series”, Edition 5/6. Snow-covered high mountain landscape with ski tourers on the ridge and downhill tracks on the slopes, each 84 x 104 cm with an installation size of 258 x 104 cm. A sheet of A4 paper is glued to the back with information about the hanging and the work itself, with a handwritten signature. A certificate of authenticity is available.
Hist. crit. notes:Aspen in Colorado: this too is a high-alpine landscape, as Walter Niedermayr repeatedly documents in photographs in his long-standing artistic work. In doing so, “he addresses the presence and interventions of humans in landscapes” (Cristina Busin Niedermayr). The series was created during a two-year stay in the area: the artist has not documented the natural landscape, but rather a cultivated landscape that has been adapted and constructed by humans for their own purposes, which could also be described as a “formatted nature tailored to the needs of the tourist industry”. Owing to the special lighting, the ski tourers and downhill tracks are barely recognisable and thus show the limits of reality. (Eva Gratl, in “Arbeiten. Lavori in corso II [Works in progress II]”, Bozen 2020, p. 166)
Walter Niedermayr has worked in alpine regions around the world since the late eighties, using his camera to explore the issues surrounding the presence and interference of people in these sensitive landscapes.
In winter 2009 he was invited to the Aspen Skying Company in Aspen, Colorado by the Crown family, where he created another of his Alpine Landscapes. In forty-two multipart photo and video works, the artist depicts the winter and summer landscape of the ski resort in the Rocky Mountains. The work is marked by the beautiful illusion of the ski resort Aspen and the wintry mountain world surrounding it. Yet at the same time the visual sequences reflect upon their own reality, which the artist reveals through the medium of photography. For one, they feature snowy landscapes, recreation centers, and sophisticated, tourist-oriented urban spaces, while touching upon the limitations of the representational.
Some completed pieces were installed at various locations throughout the resort: Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, and Snowmass, in on-mountain restaurants, ticket offices, and The Little Nell and The Limelight Hotel Aspen. (From: http://walterniedermayr.com/de/the-aspen-series-summerwinter)
Walter Niedermayr has worked in alpine regions around the world since the late eighties, using his camera to explore the issues surrounding the presence and interference of people in these sensitive landscapes.
In winter 2009 he was invited to the Aspen Skying Company in Aspen, Colorado by the Crown family, where he created another of his Alpine Landscapes. In forty-two multipart photo and video works, the artist depicts the winter and summer landscape of the ski resort in the Rocky Mountains. The work is marked by the beautiful illusion of the ski resort Aspen and the wintry mountain world surrounding it. Yet at the same time the visual sequences reflect upon their own reality, which the artist reveals through the medium of photography. For one, they feature snowy landscapes, recreation centers, and sophisticated, tourist-oriented urban spaces, while touching upon the limitations of the representational.
Some completed pieces were installed at various locations throughout the resort: Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, and Snowmass, in on-mountain restaurants, ticket offices, and The Little Nell and The Limelight Hotel Aspen. (From: http://walterniedermayr.com/de/the-aspen-series-summerwinter)
Dimensions:
- gerahmt je height: 84 cm
width: 104 cm
depth: 4 cm
weight: geschätzt 4 kg
Physical description:Digitaler Pigment-Druck auf Fine Art Pearl Papier, auf Alu-Dibond
Keyword:Landscape