October 2, 2001 - January 21, 2002 at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, MA
Karen and I saw a few of Ms. Ristelhueber's photographs a couple of
years ago at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). They were part of
MOMA's annual New Photography selections. We were struck then
by the power of her work.
The current exhibit at the MFA includes "Fait", 71 approximately
4 ft x 4 ft photographs taken in the deserts of Kuwait shortly after
the end of the "Desert Storm" war. Some are taken from a helicopter
and others are at ground level. All are intensely detailed but in some
strange way quite abstract in their impact. This is accentuated in the
exhibition by the juxtaposition of aerial and close-ups so that at first
glance one can not be sure which is which. This is the scene of modern
warfare.
Another series of photographs entitled" Beirut" are 31 small black and white photographs of a streetscape in war torn Beirut. Another confrontation with the results of war.
There is more here in this extensive exhibit. We highly recommend it.
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One, #3, 1994 Black and white photograph mounted on fiberboard
106 x 71 inches, unique installation at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht. (Picture to left and text description above borrowed from MFA web site 01/15/02) |
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