City Cut Off
(2015–)
«In his series City Cut Off, Alexander Rosenkranz deals quite explicitly with the codes and aesthetics of classic documentary photography. However, his photographs of urban metropolises are montages and show a fragmented reality. Rosenkranz cuts the images right down the middle. Using a simple black-and-white laser copy, he combines two divergent places in a city that are in tension with each other. In this way, the artist does not aim to depict the contingency of a street, but - by shifting the architectural and social perspectives - to document the fragmentation of living environments within urban structures and city culture (…).» (Christin Müller, Kunstforum International)
«The book is oversized and brilliantly produced. (…) I would say it is as effective as art as a social criticism of the urban environment. It has my highest recommendation.» (Brad Feuerhelm, ASX)
Artist book:
190 pages including 81 toner copy montages
Munken Polar rough paper
Wire-o in hardcover with color and blind embossing
Ed. of 100 signed & numbered copies
Published by Park Books & Institut für Buchkunst
29,7 × 42 cm
2021
Public collections:
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, USA
Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, GER
Exhibitions:
KV Leipzig, GER, 2019
Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, GER, 2020
2/3 Galerie, Bucharest, RO, 2024
City Cut Off
(2015–)
Artist book:
190 pages including 81 toner copy montages
Munken Polar rough paper
Wire-o in hardcover with color and blind embossing
Ed. of 100 signed & numbered copies
Published by Park Books & Institut für Buchkunst
29,7 × 42 cm
2021