After training at the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf, Candida Hofer studied photography with Bernd and Hilla Becher from 1976 to 1982. The influence of the precise, scientifically minded Bechers (under whom Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth and Thomas Ruff also studied), is very apparent in Hofer's work. Her images are predominantly of public spaces - libraries, auditoriums, lobbies, museums, club houses. Hofer's recent photographs present a systematic study of rooms in various libraries, some modern and institutional, others centuries old and grand. Her straightforward and detached style seems at first objective and purely documentary, but is ultimately overtaken by incongruous elements and the mimetic nature of her subject matter. People are noticeably absent from her highly formal images. Instead, Hofer emphasizes repeated forms within the rooms such as chairs, tables, bookshelves and light fixtures to create patterns and produce a sense of orderliness. However, despite their conspicuous absence, it is people in whom Hofer is most interested; our culture and lifestyle are reflected in the architecture and interiors we create.
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Candida Hofer, born in Eberswalde, Germany, in 1944, studied with Bernd Becher at the Dusseldorf Art Academy. Along with numerous international shows, she participated in documenta 11 and represented Germay at the 2003 Venice Biennial.
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Michael Kruger was born in Saxony in 1943 and lives in Munich, where he is director of Hanser Literaturverlag. He has published several volumes of poems and short stories, as well as several critically acclaimed novels.
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