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AndreasGurskysnewBangkokseriesformsthebasisofthisbook.Gurskysphotosdepictthedark,movingwaterofThailandsChaoPhrayariver,whoseshimmeringsurfacepossessesthequalitiesofabstractpainting.IndeedthesephotosarereminiscentofsomeofthemostrecognisableexamplesofModernistAbstractionsuchastheworkofHansArp,buttheyalsoechothemorehostilepatternsofmilitarycamouflage.Seductivelybeautifulonthefirstglance,itisonlyintimethattherubbishofcivilisationbecomesrecognisablefloatingonthesurfaceoftherivertheflotsamofathreateningrealitymovinguponcolourfulreflections.GurskyalludestotheecologicalproblemsthatjeopardiseBangkok,andwhichshortlyaftertheseimagesweremade,culminatedinthewidespreadfloodingthatdevastatedgreatpartsofThailand.AndreasGursky,bornin1955inLeipzig,isoneofthemostimportantcontemporaryphotographers.HestudiedattheFolkwangschuleinEssen,andattheKunstakademieDu?sseldorfunderBerndandHillaBecher.
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