Bernhard Johannes Blume

Fotoarbeiten 1970-1984

Bernhard Johannes Blume, Fotoarbeiten
Bernhard Johannes Blume (1937-2011)
Fotoarbeiten 
1972/1989
4 gelatin silver prints each signed and dated, 1972/1989; photos are a 2-part sequence and are an edition of 10 + APs; 1989 hardcover book in a black portfolio

15 1/2h x 11w x 1d in 
BJM001

 

Zwei Szenen aus Ideoplastie, 1972, 2teilige Sequenz  
1972/1989
gelatin silver print on Agfa-RC paper
15 1/4h x 9 1/4w in 
edition of 10 + AP
signed and dated, in pencil en verso across bottom  

Zwei Szenen aus Ideoplastie, 1972, 2teilige Sequenz  
1972/1989
gelatin silver print on Agfa-RC paper
15 1/4h x 9 1/4w in 
edition of 10 + AP
signed and dated, in pencil en verso across bottom  


Strahlemann,1972, 2teilige Sequenz  
1972/1989
gelatin silver print on Agfa-RC paper
15 1/4h x 9 1/4w in 
edition of 10 + AP
signed and dated, in pencil en verso across bottom  

 

Strahlemann,1972, 2teilige Sequenz  
1972/1989
gelatin silver print on Agfa-RC paper
15 1/4h x 9 1/4w in 
edition of 10 + AP
signed and dated, in pencil en verso across bottom   

Description

Fotoarbeiten 1970-1984 is signed and dated (1972/1989) on title page
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln 

From an interview with BJ  Blume by GB Kirkpatrick, “Documentary photography is fraud. ‘Objective photography’ is self-defeat ... The camera is a weapon for the optical liquidation of the otherness of the others ... Yes, surely I am involved in it. I also go as a photographer about dead bodies. In contrast to the illusionary-objectivist photograph, however, it is my own corpse.”

Bernhard Johannes Blume was a German artist who often worked alongside his wife, artist Anna Bernhard. Blume is most known for his large-scale, staged photographs in which both artists appear alongside everyday objects. Both Anna and Berhnard were highly influenced by Joseph Beuys.

$ 5,000