• Gregor Sailer Closed Cities

    Gregor Sailer Closed Cities

    In his impressive photo series Gregor Sailer examines the forms taken by closed cities in Siberia, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Chile, Algeria / Western Sahara and Argentina. The term "closed city" was originally coined for the Soviet Union, where, for various reasons, the existence of numerous towns was long kept secret. Some of them were not officially "opened up" and added to maps until the early years of this century. Even today, there are still artificially created urban zones across the globe that are hermetically sealed off from the outside world either by walls or by the hostile landscape that surrounds them. These might be places where raw materials are extracted, military sites, refugee camps – or gated communities for the affluent. Such time-limited forms of urban settlement strik ingly illustrate the turning point humanity is facing at the beginning of the 21st century in view of dwindling resources, moral decline, climate change, political conflicts and the yearning for unqualified security. Gregor Sailer (*1980 in Schwaz, Tyrol) works as a freelance photographer. He has exhibited and published internationally, his work can be found in the Fotomuseum Winterthur, the Österreichische Staatsgalerie elvedere Vienna, the Kunsthalle Wien, and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg.


    Softcover 24 x 30 cm 300 pages 151 color illustrations English, German Out of print ISBN 978-3-86828-328-0 2012

    Artist:

    Gregor Sailer

    Texts:

    Margit Zuckriegl, Wencke Hertzsch, Walter Moser

    Awards

    Selected title German Photo Book Award 2014
    Nominierung Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis 2014
    Joseph-Binder-Award 2014
    Nominierung Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014
    Nominierung Paul Huf Award 2014
    Winner PDN Photo Annual 2013
    Förderpreis für zeitgenössische Kunst des Landes Tirol 2012
    Raiffeisenlandesbank Tirol Förderpreis für Kunst 2013

    Exhibitions

    Kehrer Galerie, Berlin
    September 2018

    Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation / RAY 2018
    EXTREME. TERRITORIES
    The Cube, Eschborn
    23.05. – 09.09.2018

    Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles 2018
    2.07 – 23.09.2018

    Taxispalais, Galerie des Landes Tirol, Innsbruck
    18.05. – 28.07.2013

    BAWAG P.S.K.Contemporary Wien + Eikon / Fragile
    27.11. – 15.12.2013

    Loris, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Berlin
    11.10. – 08.11.2014

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