Awards
Selected title German Photo Book Award 2014
Nominierung Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis 2014
Joseph-Binder-Award 2014
Nominierung Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014
Nominierung Paul Huf Award 2014
Winner PDN Photo Annual 2013
Förderpreis für zeitgenössische Kunst des Landes Tirol 2012
Raiffeisenlandesbank Tirol Förderpreis für Kunst 2013
Exhibitions
Kehrer Galerie, Berlin
September 2018
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation / RAY 2018
EXTREME. TERRITORIES
The Cube, Eschborn
23.05. – 09.09.2018
Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles 2018
2.07 – 23.09.2018
Taxispalais, Galerie des Landes Tirol, Innsbruck
18.05. – 28.07.2013
BAWAG P.S.K.Contemporary Wien + Eikon / Fragile
27.11. – 15.12.2013
Loris, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Berlin
11.10. – 08.11.2014
Gregor Sailer Closed Cities
In his impressive photo series Gregor Sailer examines the forms taken by closed cities in Siberia, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Chile, Algeria / Western Sahara and Argentina. The term "closed city" was originally coined for the Soviet Union, where, for various reasons, the existence of numerous towns was long kept secret. Some of them were not officially "opened up" and added to maps until the early years of this century. Even today, there are still artificially created urban zones across the globe that are hermetically sealed off from the outside world either by walls or by the hostile landscape that surrounds them. These might be places where raw materials are extracted, military sites, refugee camps – or gated communities for the affluent. Such time-limited forms of urban settlement strik ingly illustrate the turning point humanity is facing at the beginning of the 21st century in view of dwindling resources, moral decline, climate change, political conflicts and the yearning for unqualified security. Gregor Sailer (*1980 in Schwaz, Tyrol) works as a freelance photographer. He has exhibited and published internationally, his work can be found in the Fotomuseum Winterthur, the Österreichische Staatsgalerie elvedere Vienna, the Kunsthalle Wien, and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg.
Softcover
24 x 30 cm
300 pages
151 color illustrations
German, English
Out of print
ISBN 978-3-86828-328-0
2012
Artists:
Product information "Gregor Sailer"
In his impressive photo series Gregor Sailer examines the forms taken by closed cities in Siberia, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Chile, Algeria / Western Sahara and Argentina. The term "closed city" was originally coined for the Soviet Union, where, for various reasons, the existence of numerous towns was long kept secret. Some of them were not officially "opened up" and added to maps until the early years of this century. Even today, there are still artificially created urban zones across the globe that are hermetically sealed off from the outside world either by walls or by the hostile landscape that surrounds them. These might be places where raw materials are extracted, military sites, refugee camps – or gated communities for the affluent. Such time-limited forms of urban settlement strik ingly illustrate the turning point humanity is facing at the beginning of the 21st century in view of dwindling resources, moral decline, climate change, political conflicts and the yearning for unqualified security. Gregor Sailer (*1980 in Schwaz, Tyrol) works as a freelance photographer. He has exhibited and published internationally, his work can be found in the Fotomuseum Winterthur, the Österreichische Staatsgalerie elvedere Vienna, the Kunsthalle Wien, and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg.
Softcover
24 x 30 cm
300 pages
151 color illustrations
German, English
Out of print
ISBN 978-3-86828-328-0
2012
Artists:
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