
Ich suchte dein Aug, als du's aufschlugst und niemand dich ansah, (Paul Celan: Zahle die Mandeln nach Ute Aurand)
A haunting and intimate work by Gregor Hildebrandt, this piece channels the melancholic poetry of Paul Celan through the artist's signature use of material transformed by time and memory. Hildebrandt is known for his use of cassette tape and vinyl records as painterly surfaces, weaving sound and silence into visual form, suggesting that this work likely carries the ghostly residue of recorded music or spoken word. The title — drawn from Celan's poem dedicated to filmmaker Ute Aurand — evokes a fleeting, unwitnessed glance, lending the work a deeply personal and elegiac quality.
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- Auction House · Phillips
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
February 10, 2016
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