The Ideal of Simplicity, Clarity, and Timelessness. To make his
photographs, Hannes Norberg (b. 1969, Worms; lives and works in
Du¨sseldorf) constructs artificial spaces that integrate elements of
painting, drawing, collage, and sculpture. Rather than reproducing
selected details of an existing reality, his works make empty space and
the play of light and shadow their point of departure. In his most
recent pieces, the artist has focused on samples of typography that he
collected on his travels and in numerous libraries all over the world
and subjected to graphical redaction. Captured in natural light in his
studio, his pictures showcase the quiet beauty of writing and paper,
while their landscape-like aura gestures toward their place of origin.
Designed by the artist himself, the book marks the public première of a
selection of twenty-seven new photographs. Hannes Norberg studied fine
arts at the Kunstakademie Du¨sseldorf and was an artist-in-residence in
Paris, New York, Florence, São Paulo, Xiamen, and Seoul.
