from the series: Reposer, 2016
The series

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart I-IX, 2016

Series of 9 photograph, c-prints, 160 x 130 cm and 130 x 160 cm, edition of 3 + 1 A.P.

The Neue Staatsgalerie Stuttgart by James Stirling is today considered a masterpiece of postmodern architecture. In its complex design the museum is an Art Work in itself together with its collection of pictures and sculptures. This is especially signified by the many visual quotations from the history of architecture which are a striking feature of the Neue Staatsgalerie. Further more these features parody assumptions about architecture. 

The series Staatsgalerie Stuttgart I – IX are dedicated to the special design elements in the Stirling building. Deliberate examples in the representation of the architecture refer to the use of colour, form and materials which promote contradiction. The pictures I and IX of the series are quotations in a double sense – they acknowledge Stirling has taken up the formal language of Le Corbusier's semi-detached houses at the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart and Margret Hoppe's photographs refer to her own series about Le Cosbusier’s architecture.

As a synthesis which unites architecture and art Stirling has also chosen the furnishings of the museum which are integrated in the design of the building. The series Reposer shows the different seats in the museum to be consistent with the eclectic architecture of the Neue Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

Text by Christiane Fiebig

Acquired by The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart


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Reposer, 2016

Series of 11 photograph, c-prints, 30 x 40 and 40 x 30 cm, edition of 3 + 1 A.P.

Acquired by The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart


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