Andreas Gursky

Andreas Gursky (b. 1955, Leipzig) is a German photographer whose large-format works engage with globalisation, mass culture, architecture, and the visual logic of contemporary systems. Trained at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Bernd and Hilla Becher, his practice combines documentary distance with digital construction to produce images of extraordinary scale and density. Key works include Rhein II (1999), 99 Cent (1999), and Love Parade (2001).

Gursky has exhibited at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York; Sprüth Magers, London and Berlin; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and major institutions internationally. His work is held in leading public and private collections worldwide.

This collection gathers artist postcards, exhibition invitations, and printed matter relating to Gursky’s practice.

  • Andreas Gursky, Love Parade, 2001, artist postcard recto. Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, 2001. Colour reproduction of a large-format C-print: aerial view of an enormous crowd filling a clearing in a dense green forest, photographed from directly above. The mass of people — hundreds of thousands — forms an irregular oval shape, their individual figures indistinguishable at this scale, creating a dense texture of skin tones, clothing, and colour. Two long vehicles or floats are visible at the left and lower Andreas Gursky, Love Parade, 2001, artist postcard verso. Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, 2001. Cream bifold card, plain to the right panel. Left panel: small sans-serif caption text at lower left: 'ANDREAS GURSKY. German, b. 1955. / Love Parade. 2001. C-print mounted to plexiglass in artist's frame. / © 2001 Andreas Gursky. Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.' Light handling marks and minor surface wear.

    Andreas Gursky — Love Parade, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, 2001

    Andreas Gursky — Love Parade, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, 2001