Study | Barbara Probst
2011
14.9 x 19.6 inches
Edition of 20, 3 APs
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
For nearly two decades, New York– and Munich-based German artist Barbara Probst has used a remote-control device to simultaneously trigger the shutters of multiple cameras. Once these cameras have been placed within a given scene, she does not significantly alter the resulting photographs. But the occasional inclusion of tripods, lenses, and shutter-release cables within her pictures hints at how these images have been meticulously constructed. By rendering the same subject from distinct perspectives, Probst extends photography’s archetypal “decisive moment” and encourages viewers to patiently reconstruct its details. In addition to creating beautiful images, Probst encourages viewers to become amateur sleuths.
Probst has applied her signature technique to portraits, cityscapes, and still lifes to create artworks composed from as few as two or as many as thirteen individual photographs. This artwork, Study, depicts a lone skater gliding across the ice rink in New York’s Central Park. Two elevated cameras were positioned closely together, and the pictures fool our eyes: the skater appears not to move while the buildings behind her shift dramatically. This slight disconnect complicates a tranquil scene and defamiliarizes a familiar urban landmark.
ABOUT BARBARA PROBST
Born in 1964 in Munich, Germany
Lives and works in New York and Munich
Represented by Murray Guy, Kuckei+Kuckei, Monica De Cardenas, Bohman-Knäpper, Copyright
Selected solo exhibitions: Monica de Cardenas Galleria, Zuoz, Switzerland (2017); Murray Guy, New York (2016); Galerie Rudolfinum, Prag, Czech Republic (2014); National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark (2013); Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (2010); Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain (2009); Jessica Bradley Art+Projects, Toronto, ON (2008).
Selected group exhibitions: Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel (2018); JeonJu International Photo festival, Jeonbuk Art Centre, South Korea (2017); Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (2017); Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland (2016); Art Museum Toronto (2016); Staedtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany (2015); 32 Edgewood Avenue Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (2014); Tate Modern, London, Great Britain (2010).
Selected public collections: Centre PasuArt, Biel, Switzerland; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musée d´Art Contemporain de Montreal; Galleria Nationale d’Arte Moderna, Rome; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Vancouver Art Gallery.
2011
14.9 x 19.6 inches
Edition of 20, 3 APs
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
For nearly two decades, New York– and Munich-based German artist Barbara Probst has used a remote-control device to simultaneously trigger the shutters of multiple cameras. Once these cameras have been placed within a given scene, she does not significantly alter the resulting photographs. But the occasional inclusion of tripods, lenses, and shutter-release cables within her pictures hints at how these images have been meticulously constructed. By rendering the same subject from distinct perspectives, Probst extends photography’s archetypal “decisive moment” and encourages viewers to patiently reconstruct its details. In addition to creating beautiful images, Probst encourages viewers to become amateur sleuths.
Probst has applied her signature technique to portraits, cityscapes, and still lifes to create artworks composed from as few as two or as many as thirteen individual photographs. This artwork, Study, depicts a lone skater gliding across the ice rink in New York’s Central Park. Two elevated cameras were positioned closely together, and the pictures fool our eyes: the skater appears not to move while the buildings behind her shift dramatically. This slight disconnect complicates a tranquil scene and defamiliarizes a familiar urban landmark.
ABOUT BARBARA PROBST
Born in 1964 in Munich, Germany
Lives and works in New York and Munich
Represented by Murray Guy, Kuckei+Kuckei, Monica De Cardenas, Bohman-Knäpper, Copyright
Selected solo exhibitions: Monica de Cardenas Galleria, Zuoz, Switzerland (2017); Murray Guy, New York (2016); Galerie Rudolfinum, Prag, Czech Republic (2014); National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark (2013); Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (2010); Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain (2009); Jessica Bradley Art+Projects, Toronto, ON (2008).
Selected group exhibitions: Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel (2018); JeonJu International Photo festival, Jeonbuk Art Centre, South Korea (2017); Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (2017); Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland (2016); Art Museum Toronto (2016); Staedtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany (2015); 32 Edgewood Avenue Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (2014); Tate Modern, London, Great Britain (2010).
Selected public collections: Centre PasuArt, Biel, Switzerland; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musée d´Art Contemporain de Montreal; Galleria Nationale d’Arte Moderna, Rome; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Vancouver Art Gallery.
2011
14.9 x 19.6 inches
Edition of 20, 3 APs
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
For nearly two decades, New York– and Munich-based German artist Barbara Probst has used a remote-control device to simultaneously trigger the shutters of multiple cameras. Once these cameras have been placed within a given scene, she does not significantly alter the resulting photographs. But the occasional inclusion of tripods, lenses, and shutter-release cables within her pictures hints at how these images have been meticulously constructed. By rendering the same subject from distinct perspectives, Probst extends photography’s archetypal “decisive moment” and encourages viewers to patiently reconstruct its details. In addition to creating beautiful images, Probst encourages viewers to become amateur sleuths.
Probst has applied her signature technique to portraits, cityscapes, and still lifes to create artworks composed from as few as two or as many as thirteen individual photographs. This artwork, Study, depicts a lone skater gliding across the ice rink in New York’s Central Park. Two elevated cameras were positioned closely together, and the pictures fool our eyes: the skater appears not to move while the buildings behind her shift dramatically. This slight disconnect complicates a tranquil scene and defamiliarizes a familiar urban landmark.
ABOUT BARBARA PROBST
Born in 1964 in Munich, Germany
Lives and works in New York and Munich
Represented by Murray Guy, Kuckei+Kuckei, Monica De Cardenas, Bohman-Knäpper, Copyright
Selected solo exhibitions: Monica de Cardenas Galleria, Zuoz, Switzerland (2017); Murray Guy, New York (2016); Galerie Rudolfinum, Prag, Czech Republic (2014); National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark (2013); Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (2010); Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain (2009); Jessica Bradley Art+Projects, Toronto, ON (2008).
Selected group exhibitions: Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel (2018); JeonJu International Photo festival, Jeonbuk Art Centre, South Korea (2017); Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (2017); Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland (2016); Art Museum Toronto (2016); Staedtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany (2015); 32 Edgewood Avenue Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (2014); Tate Modern, London, Great Britain (2010).
Selected public collections: Centre PasuArt, Biel, Switzerland; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musée d´Art Contemporain de Montreal; Galleria Nationale d’Arte Moderna, Rome; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Vancouver Art Gallery.