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Exhibition : « Geometries : A conversation of photographs » by Hanno Otten and Jan Groover
Press Release - Geometry is defined as “the shape and relative arrangement of the parts of something.” In their photography Jan Groover and Hanno Otten are pursuing the notation of size, shape, planes, and space. A preoccupation with picture space is what drives the work of these two photographers. Groover, renowned as a formalist, elevated the photographic still life to a pinnacle, while keenly pursuing matters of appearance. Groover famously dismissed any objection to guns or knives in her work, saying they were just shapes. Untitled Color Block NY 4, 2002 © Hanno Otten Otten has almost discarded the real world altogether, with photograms and abstract photographs of paint. He manipulates color and light to create a modern palette of vivid hues. Geometric patterns and shapes evoke a 1960s ...
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Press Release - Geometry is defined as “the shape and relative arrangement of the parts of something.” In their photography Jan Groover and Hanno Otten are pursuing the notation of size, shape, planes, and space. A preoccupation with picture space is what drives the work of these two photographers.
Groover, renowned as a formalist, elevated the photographic still life to a pinnacle, while keenly pursuing matters of appearance. Groover famously dismissed any objection to guns or knives in her work, saying they were just shapes.
Untitled Color Block NY 4, 2002 © Hanno Otten
Otten has almost discarded the real world altogether, with photograms and abstract photographs of paint. He manipulates color and light to create a modern palette of vivid hues. Geometric patterns and shapes evoke a 1960s ...