Barbara Probst shows scenes from different angles
Published: Friday, Feb 23rd 2024, 14:50
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In its new exhibition, the Kunstmuseum Luzern is showing photographs by the German artist Barbara Probst. Probst shows the photographic subjects from several perspectives, creating enigmatic narratives.
Born in 1964, Probst comes from Munich and is a trained sculptor. She had a simple but effective idea for her photographic works, as Fanni Fetzer, Director of the Lucerne Art Museum, explained on Friday before the opening of the "Subjective Evidence" exhibition (-16.06.).
Probst photographs her subjects from several perspectives. She uses up to 13 cameras, which she triggers simultaneously. She then compiles the photos into a group of works. These are an invitation to see, said Fetzer.
Nameless works
The works have no names. Probst gives them a chronological number and indicates the exact place and time of the recordings. Her first work, "Exposure #1", was taken at 545 8th Avenue in New York City on January 7, 2000 at 10:37 pm. Spread over twelve photographs, it shows a woman running through the picture. The woman can be seen not only from different angles, but also from different distances.
The tripods with the cameras are also visible in Probst's productions. This often seems absurd, but sometimes also voyeuristic. "Exposure", as Probst calls her works, means not only "exposure", but also "unveiling" or "being exposed".
In "Exposure #146", a woman in a raincoat and with a suitcase appears to be exposed on a road between cornfields. An old Citroën drives into an underpass. Although the images can be brought together to form stories, they remain enigmatic.
"Exposure #104" shows four corners of an intersection. Only a closer look reveals that they are the corners of the same intersection, because the same man can be seen crossing them all.
The exhibition also includes a work that Probst realized at the Lucerne Art Museum. It is "Exposure #186". Here, the artist intensifies her game of confusion by using large posters. In one photo, for example, she creates the illusion that a woman is standing on a skyscraper.
Provenance research
The Kunstmuseum is also opening its new collection exhibition "Where do you come from? How art enters the collection" (-17.11.) The exhibition shows examples of how works of art enter the museum - for example through purchases, donations or permanent loans.
The topic of "provenance research", which investigates the origin of works, is also addressed. Cases that have not been fully clarified and an application for restitution are also presented.
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