The Potemkin Village
On the occasion of the exhibition »The Potemkin Village« an artist talk will take place at Kehrer Gallery with Gregor Sailer guided by Joerg Bader.
For »The Potemkin Village« (2015-2017) Gregor Sailer (b. 1980 in Schwaz, AT) went looking for mock architecture worldwide. The proverbial term refers to the legend that Russian Field Marshall Grigory Aleksandrivich Potemkin supposedly presented the newly annexed villages in Crimea behind painted backdrops to Empress Catherine the Great.
In Russia Sailer found two Potemkin villages according to the classical concept, in which ruinous houses were hidden behind canvases with representative facades printed onto. But this body of work also shows less literal illusionistic architecture, like different military training camps in the U.S., France, Great Britain and Germany, authentic replicas of European cities in China and two vehicle test cities in Sweden.
The insubstantiality of these buildings is emphasized by the diffused light the photographer specifically chose to use for this series. With these works Gregor Sailer brings up the social, economical, and political interests that are at the basis of these building projects.
The exhibition is part of the European Month of Photography 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
aus der Serie | from the series »The Potemkin Village«
C-Print
Ed. 5 + 2 AP
95 x 120 cm
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
aus der Serie | from the series »The Potemkin Village«
C-Print im Holzschattenfugenrahmen, kaschiert auf AluDibond, ohne Glas
Ed. 5 + 2 AP
95 x 120 cm
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
aus der Serie | from the series »The Potemkin Village«
C-Print im Holzschattenfugenrahmen, kaschiert auf AluDibond, ohne Glas
Ed. 8 + 2 AP
25 x 40 cm
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
aus der Serie | from the series »The Potemkin Village«
C-Print im Holzschattenfugenrahmen, kaschiert auf AluDibond, ohne Glas
Ed. 5 + 2 AP
95 x 120 cm
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.
Gregor Sailer: »The Potemkin Village«
Installationsansicht | Exhibition view Kehrer Galerie, 2018.