Conceptual art. "Totengespräche Joseph Beuys/3", 1986. Six Photographs/mixed media by Rainer GOERSS

Photography in the GDR/Conceptual art. "Totengespräche Joseph Beuys/3", 1986. Ensemble of six b/w photographs (silver gelatin prints, vintage prints) and photo overpaintings, some with collage, in printed envelope by Rainer GÖRSS (*1960 GER). Each photograph hand signed, stamped and titled on the reverse.

Size: 30 x 40 cm to 30 x 42 cm

Condition: Almost perfect. Minor traces of ageing and handling. Some photographs slightly waved

Artist and oeuvre: See encyclopedia entry in the "Bildatlas DDR Kunst" or the artist's website. Rainer Görß was a member of the legendary artist's group "Autoperforationsartisten" (together with Else Gabriel, Via Lewandowsky and Micha Brendel), whose radical performances made them part of the avant-garde of the non-conformist art scene in the GDR. Works by the photographer, conceptual and action artist were also shown in the GDR art exhibition "Gegenstimmen" (Voices of Dissent) at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin (2016) and in the exhibition "Point of No Return. Wende und Umbruch in der ostdeutschen Kunst" at the Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig (2019).

For technical reasons, colors of the images depicted here may differ somewhat from the original.