Vera Lutter

Vera Lutter investigates the camera obscura and its process of recording light on photographic paper. She draws inspiration from architecture and her works explore urban landscapes, industrial sites, mythical landscapes, and the views from her artist studio. These are a selection of the many places where she reframes images to reveal different layers of spatial perception. Her large-scale photographs often require several hours or days of light exposure. She chooses to work with room-sized cameras allowing the size of the resulting image to reflect the architecture in which it was made. The prolonged exposure allows her to record images that give evidence to time passed. The resulting ephemera and movement dissolve time into the image, sometimes enabling ghostly forms to surface. These photographs don’t simply translate the real; they also reveal an intermediate world, a space of corresponding apparitions. The images radiate a fluid and otherworldly feeling that allows the gaze to drift and linger on certain details captured with startling precision.
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Vera Lutter
Civilization: The Way We Live Now
13 September 2019 – 2 February 2020 13.09.2019 – 02.02.2020
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (AU)
Artists
- Darren Almond
- Bertille Bak
- Jean Bedez
- Alain Biltereyst
- Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
- Aline Bouvy
- Marie José Burki
- Saint Clair Cemin
- Karishma D’Souza
- Stéphane Dafflon
- Robert Devriendt
- Leandro Erlich
- Lionel Estève
- Michel Frère
- Mekhitar Garabedian
- Gilbert & George
- Olaf Holzapfel
- Chris Johanson
- Ricardo Lanzarini
- Larissa Lockshin
- Vera Lutter
- Fiona Mackay
- Joseph Marioni
- Xavier Mary
- Dean Monogenis
- Vik Muniz
- Tony Oursler
- Eric Poitevin
- Matthew Porter
- Philippe Ramette
- Bettina Rheims
- Ry Rocklen
- Yvan Salomone
- Charles Sandison
- Michael Scott
- Alain Séchas
- Bruno Serralongue
- James Siena
- David Brian Smith
- Helmut Stallaerts
- Takis
- Achraf Touloub
- Marc Trivier
- Janaina Tschäpe
- Mitja Tusek
- Leen Voet
- Dan Walsh
- Wang Du
- Stanley Whitney
- Robert Wilson
- Thomas Zipp
- Gilberto Zorio
- Yves Zurstrassen