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Title
Typology
of
Water
Towers
(groups
A,
B
,
C
, and
D)
.
Creator
Becher, Bernd and Hilla (German photographers' partnership, established 1959)
Date
1972
Cultural Context
German
European
Western European
Style/Period
Conceptual
Photoconceptualism
Theme
Photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Documentary photographs
Suites (print groupings)
Industrial archaeology
Conceptual art
Humor
Architecture (object genre)
Buildings
Industrial buildings
Reservoirs (water distribution structures)
Water towers
Towers (single built works)
Hydraulic structures
Water distribution structures
Waterworks
Exterior views
Architectural elements
Exterior walls
Walls
Windows
Entrances
Structural frames
Subject
Photographs
Architecture
Buildings
Industrial facilities
Water towers
Towers
Hydraulic facilities
Reservoirs
Waterworks
Architectural elements
Walls
Windows
Structural elements
Structural frames
Description
One
of
six
suites
of
nine
photographs
. "The
Bechers'
photographs
of
industrial
structures
,
which
they
began
in
1959
,
belong
to the
genres
of
documentary
photography
,
sculpture
, and
industrial
archaeology
simultaneously
, as
well
as
having
status
as
Conceptual
Art
.
Although
resolutely
sober
in
format
, the
suites
of
images
often
contain
a
surprising
humor
.
Standing
next
to their
peers
,
unpromising
industrial
structures
acquire
distinct
'personalities'.
"
(Caption
,
p.183)
; "
Conceptualism
provided
photography
with a
long-sought-after
centrality
within
'Fine
Art'
, but
privileged
its
normally
downgraded
'amateur'
or
'documentary'
modes
over
its
'pictorialist'
attempts
to
appear
'arty'
. The
German
artists
Bernd
and
Hilla
Becher
thus
utilized
a
'documentary'
look
in their
suites
of
photographs
of
industrial
building
such
as
blast
furnaces
,
mine-heads
, or
cooling
towers
,
unifying
individual
types
within
classes
via
a
standardized
frontal
presentation
and
low
horizon
line
. They
appeared
to be
creating
pseudo-scientific
taxonomies
in a
specifically
German
photographic
tradition
extending
back
to
August
Sander
.
However
, their
play
on
variations
within
a
category
also
suggests
a
parody
of the
Minimalist
interplay
between
the
'known
constant'
and the
'experienced
variable'.
"
(Excerpt
,
p.181)
Measurements
Six suites of nine photographs, each 40 x 29.8 cm
Technique
Black-and-white photography
Photography
Photographic processes
Photographic techniques
Documentary photography
Work Type
Photographs
Documentary photographs
Suites (print groupings)
Conceptual art
Repository
Eli and Edythe L. Broad Collection (Santa Monica/Los Angeles, California)
Source
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.182, fig.93)
Rights
Photograph reproduced in Hopkins courtesy: Eli & Edythe L. Broad Collection, Santa Monica, CA.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
827-04.jpg
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