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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Peter Piller, Afghanistan Field Research, 2013-2014/2021

Peter Piller

Afghanistan Field Research, 2013-2014/2021
Nine pigment prints
Signed and dated verso
Various dimensions: max. 49 x 65 cm / 19.3 x 25.6 inches framed
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
B-PPILLER-.21-0007
The title of Peter Piller‘s work 'Afghanistan Field Research' brings to mind the recent warlike events in the country. However, the photos stem from the scientific interest of a biologist...
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The title of Peter Piller‘s work "Afghanistan Field Research" brings to mind the recent warlike events in the country. However, the photos stem from the scientific interest of a biologist who studied plants in rocky terrain in Afghanistan about 30 years ago. The perception of the images as indications of battle sites whose historical traces have disappeared is reinforced by the central photograph. The innocuous berries on a reddish stained hand underscore the ambiguous perception of what was originally an academic documentary.
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El título de la obra "Afghanistan Field Research" de Peter Piller evoca los recientes acontecimientos bélicos en el país. Sin embargo, las fotos surgen del interés científico de un biólogo que estudió las plantas del terreno rocoso de Afganistán hace unos 30 años. La percepción de las imágenes como indicios de lugares de batalla cuyas huellas históricas han desaparecido se ve reforzada por la fotografía central. Las inocuas bayas de una mano manchada de rojo subrayan la ambigua percepción de lo que originalmente era un documental académico.
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Exhibitions

"Peter Piller - Richard Prince", Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, 2021 
"Belegkontrolle", Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2016
"Belegkontrolle", Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn, Germany, 2015
"Belegkontrolle", Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany, 2015
"Belegkontrolle", Centre de la photographie, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014
Peter Piller, "there are a couple of things that bother me", Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 2023

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