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Tiergarten (signed copy)
limited edition of 250 copies, signed and numbered (this is n°144)
Softcover, spiral bound in slipcase
112 pp., color illustrations, 24 × 33 cm (9½x13").
ISBN 978-94-91843-22-8
Photography by Johannes Schwartz
Graphic design by Experimental Jetset
Risographed by Johannes Schwartz and Jo Frenken at the Charles Nypels Lab of the Van Eyck (Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht)
Cover and slipcase offset-printed by LenoirSchuring
First exhibited during the group show 'On the Move', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (August 2014 – January 2015).
What do zookeepers feed a wild animal in captivity to keep it wild? How can this food be considered prey or sustenance when the animals are kept in a cultivated environment and no longer able, or necessitated, to hunt or forage? Johannes Schwartz explored this premise in Moscow’s city zoo, where he photographed slabs of fish, hunks of raw meat, heaps of vegetables and chunks of bread – foods commonly found in our diets, yet hardly suggestive of human consumption when presented in such a way. In printing the images, Schwartz experimented with dithering and an unorthodox use of colours, effectively using the risograph as a painting tool and exploiting the results.
About Johannes Schwartz
Johannes Schwartz (Munich, 1970) is a photographer living and working in Amsterdam, who studied photography at Gerrit Rietveld Academy between 1995 and 1998. At the Rietveld Academy, he has been head of the photography department (2004-2010), where he is currently still teaching. Awards include the Esther Kroon Award (1998) and the Cobra Kunstprijs Amstelveen (2007). He is one of the artists participating in 'Opera Aperta / Loose Work', the official Dutch entry to the Venice Biennale 2011.