{"product_id":"15213-hanschristian-schink","title":"Hans-Christian Schink","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmpty highway bridges, gigantic concrete pillars, tracks for the Intercity railway-all devoid of humans and bathed in cool winter light. The theme of these striking images captured by Leipzig photographer Hans-Christian Schink is the massive road-and-rail infrastructure program for eastern Germany, projects designed to transform it into \u0026quot;flourishing landscapes.\u0026quot; Schink\u0026#39;s photographs map the violent incursions into the surroundings-\u0026quot;monsters of infrastructure,\u0026quot; as the German daily newspaper FAZ aptly put it, as technology has cut and sliced its way through the countryside. All scenes are shown from the pedestrian\u0026#39;s perspective, often at points destined to be bursting at the seams with traffic in the not-so-distant future. Yet despite the cool sobriety of these photographs, one also recognizes allusions to the landscape paintings of the Romantic period in images such as a roadbed disappearing into the distant mist … Exhibition schedule: Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, opening 26.4.2004 • ACE Gallery New York, September - October 2004 • ACE Gallery Los Angeles, December 2004 • Kunsthalle Erfurt, March 20 – May 1, 2005 \u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44425544499464,"sku":"9783775714259","price":58.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775714259_8522f65d-beb6-4725-b45c-eb30f00288f1.jpg?v=1744096570","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/15213-hanschristian-schink","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}