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‘Europe’ by Christof Plümacher
“I do like structure in my imagery, it is a little obsession in most of the work. I do like a certain cleanlyness as well – that is also why I have a hang for fog and snow – two factors that naturally remove distractions in a picture. The series “Europe” began with the chapter “…so british” and developed from there.” “I looked at the lawn bowling field for several days without camera – and then decided to shoot it in a way that reduces the elements in the pic to the players and the playing ground (in lieu of snow and fog , see above)– no or as little…
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He could light up the day with his wit and generosity; he could equally well plunge it into gloom; and part of the excitement of being with him lay in not knowing for long which way it would go. It was fascinating to watch such sudden changes and contradictions within one person…Bacon could not be pinned down. The closer you got to him, the more likely he was to turn nasty or simply disappear — to go through a wall into a life where you could not follow. – Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma The latest news in contemporary and modern art in New York, London, Paris and Berlin