Mardi 25 Novembre 2014 16:58:25 par actuphoto dans Expositions

With the seventh group of "People of the 20th Century", FEROZ Galerie closes the August Sander Cycle 2014.

Group VII –

August Sander
Children Born Blind, c. 1930
Gelatin Silver Print, printed later
© 2014 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne
Courtesy by FEROZ Galerie, Bonn
 

To the last group of photographs in his work "People of the 20th Century” August Sander assigned just one portfolio with 16 portraits of people who are ill, who have disabilities or are frail, as well as recently deceased individuals.
August Sander entitled this portfolio "Idiots, the Sick, the Insane and Matter”, in reference to the people who lived on the margins of society. The subjects are nevertheless portrayed by Sander following the same objectivity and humanitarian tone that characterizes the whole work and shown without any negative connotations.

August Sander
Cretin, 1924
Gelatin Silver Print, printed later
© 2014 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne
Courtesy by FEROZ Galerie, Bonn

The term "Matter” is represented through the portraits of people on their deathbed, making evident Sander’s thinking about death being as an intrinsic part of life. The final picture of "People of the 20th Century " is a photograph of the death mask of his son Erich, which was commissioned to the Cologne painter and sculptor Hans Schmitz by the photographer.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of August Sander’s death, FEROZ Galerie presented throughout 2014 the seven groups of his photographic masterpiece "People of the 20th Century” as well as the introductory work "Face of out Time” in a cycle of eight exhibitions.