You never notice arbitrary details in my work. On a formal level, countless interrelated micro and macrostructures are woven together, determined by an overall organizational principle.
– Andreas Gursky
Gursky, born 15th January 1955 in East Germany, is a visual artist focused on presenting deadpan and hyper focused images with no favour to either foreground or background.
Beginning his studies under Bernd and Hilla Becher in the early 1980s at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie, Gursky was influenced heavily by their work. He was also influenced by the New Topographics movement happening in America around this time. His recent works are of the digitally manipulated kind – with multiple images being taken and repeated across the canvas to create a whole image.
His work has been exhibited in many collections across the world, most notable being the MoMA in New York, the Tate Modern in London and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. He also holds the record for the highest price paid at auction for a single photographic work.
