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Marco Breuer — scratched c-print
Marco Breuer

scratched c-print

Marco Breuer's *Scratched C-Print* is a work in which the artist directly intervenes on the photographic surface, using physical abrasion to disrupt and transform the chemical layers of a chromogenic print. The resulting image eschews the camera entirely, instead foregrounding the materiality of the photograph itself as Breuer's scratches expose shifting striations of color and texture. The work challenges conventional notions of photography, positioning the print not as a vehicle for representation but as a tangible, malleable object subject to mark-making and destruction.

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Under the Influence

March 8, 2013

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Marco Breuer, scratched c-print

Marco Breuer's *Scratched C-Print* is a work in which the artist directly intervenes on the photographic surface, using physical abrasion to disrupt and transform the chemical layers of a chromogenic print. The resulting image eschews the camera entirely, instead foregrounding the materiality of the photograph itself as Breuer's scratches expose shifting striations of color and texture. The work challenges conventional notions of photography, positioning the print not as a vehicle for representation but as a tangible, malleable object subject to mark-making and destruction.

Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, Minimalist, Photograph, Experimental, C-Print, Textural, Modern, German, Abstract, Contemporary

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