LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN / AIR

One of the art world's leading figures for more than three decades, the German installation artist Lothar Baumgarten is known for hi s subtle cultural critique. His often site-specific installations reflect his interest in ethnographic layers and historical circums tances. For example, in 1978 he lived for a year with an Indian tribe in Venezuela, and during a long spell of illness he taught him self the printed history of the area in its every detail. In Air, Baumgarten assembles a series of impressive black-and-white photog raphs of...[Read more]