Edited by Jürgen Durner. Text by Hans-Peter Miksch, Hubert Sowa, Ludger Derenthal.
Since 1992, German artist Jürgen Durner (born 1964) has created fantastically disorienting paintings on mirrored panes of glass. Depicting a mélange of architectural elements, these works, with their layered superimpositions, simulate the effect of looking into a window at night. Cast in the sickly glow of neon lights, Durner's works induce thought-provoking distortions of urban life.
Featured image, Irrlichter, is reproduced from Jürgen Durner: Disappearance.
"Glass is not simply glass; it can be matt, fluted or simply dirty. Above all, reflections of both sides of the world are mixed in the glass. Manifest in the apparent immateriality of its translucency is something that cannot be visualized in the absence of this hard, but visually almost imperceptible, material. Every boundary makes a difference. The glass, however, is a boundary that negates itself, or put differently; in any convergence of reflections from both sides, the glass boundary becomes real yet simultaneously virtual."
FORMAT: Hbk, 10.75 x 11.75 in. / 144 pgs / 63 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $58.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $77.5 ISBN: 9783866783492 PUBLISHER: Kerber AVAILABLE: 9/30/2010 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ME
Published by Kerber. Edited by Jürgen Durner. Text by Hans-Peter Miksch, Hubert Sowa, Ludger Derenthal.
Since 1992, German artist Jürgen Durner (born 1964) has created fantastically disorienting paintings on mirrored panes of glass. Depicting a mélange of architectural elements, these works, with their layered superimpositions, simulate the effect of looking into a window at night. Cast in the sickly glow of neon lights, Durner's works induce thought-provoking distortions of urban life.
