Red Land Blue Land
Claudio Hils
Hatje Cantz
German and English
Texts by Anna M. Eifert-Körnig and Rolf Schönlau
Hardcover
160 pages
245 x 305 mm
2000
ISBN 9783775709309
During maneuvers, Red Land stands for enemy, Blue Land for friendly territory. Claudio Hils approaches the terrain with what appear to be standard pictures of landscapes already suggestive of a specific intention. In what follows, the reader will observe a series of mysterious pictures of a seemingly surreal ghost town which, until recently, has provided the setting of numerous rehearsals for military emergencies. Traces of military activity are to be found everywhere: targets in the shape of human beings, puppets which, in the most peculiar of ways, appear to invigorate the scene and yet which, in fact, emphasize the emptiness and lifeless atmosphere of the terrain.
(Source: https://www.claudio-hils.com/en/photography/documentary-photography/red-land-blue-land/)
About the Artist
Claudio Hils was born in 1962 in Mengen, Germany. From 1985 to 1993, he studied visual communication at the Universität-GHS (Polytechnic University) in Essen, Germany. Since then he has worked for renowned national and international magazines. Besides his work as a journalist, Hils has realised his own independent, long-term photographic projects. He has both written and edited a number of books since 1997.
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About the Publisher
Hatje Cantz publisher are committed to this motto more than ever – with our accustomed high quality we remain faithful to the standards set by Gerd Hatje: premium books that are produced in close collaboration with artists and curators. Our profile has always been shaped by tradition and avant-garde from all over the world. We present our program in a bilingual preview catalogue, in which masters of the twentieth century such as Paul Klee, Paul Gauguin, and Eva Hesse meet contemporary artists such as Michael Borremans, Gerhard Richter, and Filip Dujardin.
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