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Candida Hofer: Dublin
Edited by Rachael Thomas, et al.
October 2006
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 1903811619
80 pages. Illustrated. 8 5/8 x 11"
56.50 Hardcover
German photographer Candida Höfer creates meticulously
composed images of public and institutional spaces marked with the richness
of human activity, empty rooms but with evidence of human presence. Höfer's
unpeopled interiors describe a selection of formal, public and cultural
spaces, including palaces, libraries and museums, which she imbues with
a palpable humanity.
These large-scale colour photographs act as a tribute to spaces defined by
the everyday activities of the people who occupy them. For this publication,
Candida Hoffer presents a body of work she made while on a working visit
to Dublin in 2004. These immaculately contained and exquisitely composed
photographs include images taken at the National Library of Ireland, the
Central Catholic Library, Marsh's Library, the Merrion Hotel, the Long Room
in the Old Library of Trinity College and the Great Hall and Chapel at the
Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
Exhibition
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
12th July - 1st October 2006
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