Ruth Hallensleben. Solo quello che c'era
16.04.2011 - 31.03.2012
La seconda mostra organizzata dalla Fondazione Rolla è dedicata alla fotografa tedesca Ruth Hallensleben. Il suo lavoro non è solo una visione poetica o una prova tecnica ma una testimonianza del periodo storico in cui vive, la Germania del XX secolo. Poco spazio è lasciato all'individualismo in nome di una visione più globale. Ogni oggetto che fotografa, anche su commissione, è rappresentato in relazione a un determinato spazio, non è mai solo un semplice still life. Le atmosfere di un luogo, di un tempo, di una società rivivono nelle immagini di Ruth Hallensleben.
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Ruth Hallensleben
Industrial Image #20, 1930
gelatin silver print
11,1 × 16,4 cm
Tra il 1931 e il 1934 trova impiego come praticante presso Elsbeth Gropp, famosa fotografa ritrattista e paesaggista. Nel 1934 apre il suo studio. Dopo una iniziale formazione di ritrattista, si dedica alla fotografia industriale. Il suo lavoro, oltre che visione poetica e prova tecnica, è una testimonianza del periodo storico in cui ha vissuto, la Germania del XX secolo. Poco spazio è lasciato all’individualismo, in nome di una visione più globale. Nel 1945, nel timore che gli alleati confischino la sua attrezzatura fotografica e l’archivio, seppellisce in tre casse tutto il materiale nel bosco di Wiehl. Dopo tre anni, due delle tre casse sotterrate sono intatte e lei può ricominciare la sua attività di fotografa.
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Dimensioni: 15 x 21 cm
Pagine: 48 Legatura: brossura
Illustrazioni: 31 in quadricomia
Lingua: Italiano/Inglese
Testi: Christian Marazzi
Edizione: Fondazione Rolla, 2011
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Installation view
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Installation view
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Installation view
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Installation view
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(Industrial Image #20), 1930,
gelatin silver print
11,1 × 16,4 cm
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(Industrial Image #18), 1930-40, gelatin silver print 13,3 × 10,5 cm
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(Industrial Image #21), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
12,4 × 8,6 cm
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(Industrial Image), 1930,
gelatin silver print
12,1 × 17,5 cm
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(Large Pipe Section), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
11,7 × 15,5 cm
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(Exterior Building Pipes), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
12,1 × 16,5 cm
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(Industrial Container), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
15,2 × 21,9 cm
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(Pipes and Tanks in Warehouse), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
15,2 × 21,9 cm
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(Hilgers Tank Transport), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
11 × 16,1 cm
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(Bridge Construction. Re-building of the Gueule Valley Viaduct),1940,
gelatin silver print
22 × 17 cm
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Ruhrland am Abend
(Ruhr Evening Landscape), 1940s,
gelatin silver print
38 × 27,5 cm
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Erz- Aufbereitung
(Coal Mine), 1940s,
gelatin silver print
19,6 × 17,1 cm
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Spurem im Feld
(Plowed Field), 1950s,
gelatin silver print
20,5 × 17,2 cm
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Holzstapel
(Stacked Lumber)
gelatin silver print
21,9 × 17,4 cm
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Untitled, 1949,
gelatin silver print
23 × 17,5 cm
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Siegerländer Industrie, 1950,
gelatin silver print
22,9 × 17 cm
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Siegerländer Industrie, 1951,
gelatin silver print
22,1 × 17,1 cm
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(Washing Machines), 1963,
gelatin silver print
19,8 × 16,5 cm
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Siegerländer Industrie, 1953,
gelatin silver print
22,9 × 15,6 cm
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Siegerländer Industrie, 1942,
gelatin silver print
22 × 16,6cm
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Industriewasser - Blink in Einen
(Industrial Sprinkling System), 1950s,
gelatin silver print
20 × 17,5 cm
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Untitled, 1952,
gelatin silver print
23 × 17,5 cm
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Chemische Werke Holland
(Chemical Factory Holland), 1954,
gelatin silver print
22,5 × 16,5 cm
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Kraftwerk Knepper
(Powerplant Knepper), 1955,
gelatin silver print
17,7 × 23,2 cm
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(Gasoline Refinery), 1956,
gelatin silver print
22 × 17 cm
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Untitled
gelatin silver print
16,5 × 16 cm
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Tapetenmuster, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach
(Wallpaper Sample, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach), 1956,
gelatin silver print
23,4 × 17,4 cm
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apetenmuster, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach
(Wallpaper Sample, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach), 1956,
gelatin silver print
23,4 × 17,4 cm
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Tapetenmuster, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach
(Wallpaper Sample, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach), 1956,
gelatin silver print
23,4 × 17,4 cm
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Tapetenmuster, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach
(Wallpaper Sample, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach), 1959,
gelatin silver print
23,8 × 17,9 cm
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Beim Schweissen, Maschinenfabrik Meer
(Welding Meer Factory), 1941,
gelatin silver print
23,1 × 16,9 cm