Artworks created in 1981

Photography pioneer Joachim Brohm & his Ruhr series

Who is Joachim Brohm? Joachim Brohm is one of Germany’s most celebrated landscape photographers. Photography connoisseurs have pointed out that he may have been the link that brought what was largely American photography to Europe. Approach Brohm believes that landscape photography should be an experience of seeing over time and that a single photograph can …

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That time when David Hammons held his Bliz-aard Ball Sale

Performances / 3 minutes of reading

Have you ever seen a piece of art based on snowballs? You probably have. But, David Hammons’ Bliz-aard Ball Sale is much different from all those. In it, Hammons, the artist, brings to life everyday issues that Americans faced in the 1980s. While naming the work Bliz-aard Ball Sale, Hammons was also referring to …

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Christopher Morris: How the New York Subway looked in the 1980s

Graffiti, Paintings, Photography / 1 minute of reading

A window on a long-gone New York 22-years-old at the time, Christopher Morris was working as an intern at the photo agency Black Star and was determined to make something of himself as a photographer. According to the agency, the recently rediscovered photographs “provide a window on a long-gone New York, a metropolis that once …

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Artworks created in 1981

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