About The Work
Artist Christian Boltanski has frequently relied on the photograph's deceptive capacity to function as an "authentic" trace—a convincing souvenir—of personal experience. The artificially aged tin biscuit box in L'Ecole de la Grosse Hamburger Strasse en 1938 also suggests—along with a pre-war snapshot of German schoolgirls—an authentic, archaeological find. A part of a group photograph has been hand-marked, enlarged and shrouded with an aureole of white cloth; each tin in the edition contains a different enlargement. Everything, the artist points out, has the power to connote; the more prosaic the object, the more profound the connotation can be.
About Christian Boltanski
From The Magazine
- Art 101: "It’s The Idea That’s Important": Christian Boltanski Thinks Art Is Like a Musical Score that Anyone Can Play
- Interviews & Features: See Massimiliano Gioni's 50 Favorite Phaidon Books
- Art 101: The World's Most Influential MFA Programs, Part 2
- Art 101: The Art Lovers: Power Couples of the Art World
Metal tin, photograph, cloth, tape, and litho pencil.
8.00 x 9.00 x 2.00 in
20.3 x 22.9 x 5.1 cm
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About The Work
Artist Christian Boltanski has frequently relied on the photograph's deceptive capacity to function as an "authentic" trace—a convincing souvenir—of personal experience. The artificially aged tin biscuit box in L'Ecole de la Grosse Hamburger Strasse en 1938 also suggests—along with a pre-war snapshot of German schoolgirls—an authentic, archaeological find. A part of a group photograph has been hand-marked, enlarged and shrouded with an aureole of white cloth; each tin in the edition contains a different enlargement. Everything, the artist points out, has the power to connote; the more prosaic the object, the more profound the connotation can be.
About Christian Boltanski
From The Magazine
- Art 101: "It’s The Idea That’s Important": Christian Boltanski Thinks Art Is Like a Musical Score that Anyone Can Play
- Interviews & Features: See Massimiliano Gioni's 50 Favorite Phaidon Books
- Art 101: The World's Most Influential MFA Programs, Part 2
- Art 101: The Art Lovers: Power Couples of the Art World
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