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Appelt, Dieter
(b. 1935)Vergrasung der Hände No. 2 from the "Erinnerungsspur" series

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Vergrasung der Hände No. 2 from the "Erinnerungsspur" series. 1977-79. Large-format gelatin silver print on Agfa paper, printed later. 49,3 x 39,8 cm. Signed, titled, dated, dedicated and editioned "e.a." by the photographer in pencil as well as "Kicken Pauseback" label on the verso.

Born in 1935 in Niemegk, Germany, Dieter Appelt's artistic development did not encompass photography until later in his artistic career. In 1954, he enrolled at the Mendelssohn Bartholdy Akademie in Leipzig to study music and vocal studies. As of 1964, he studied photography at the University of the Arts in Berlin. While pursuing a career as a professional singer in the 1970s, he also began to receive attention for his photography, painting, and sculpture, which became notable through his use of monumental sequences and tableaux compositions. By employing long exposure times, multiple exposures, shadow and mirror compositions, in his images Appelt explored themes such as memory, time, transience, life, death, and recurrence.