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Peter Piller
Type: exhibition Date: November 19, 2005 - January 8, 2006 Location: Witte de With, Rotterdam
The German artist Peter Piller gives photographs from newspapers and archives a second lease of life. What is perceived as boring or monotonous at first glance proves to be a treasure trove that contains undiscovered relationships and exciting meanings. Piller, whose work is being shown in the Netherlands for the first time, exposes the absurdity of normality. Lecture: Peter Piller
November 18, 2005, 4.30 ? 5.30 p.m.
Opening: 5.30 p.m.
Peter Piller was born in Fritzlar in 1968. He studied German language and literature and trained as a visual artist. His archives to date have been published in eight volumes by Revolver Verlag (Frankfurt am Main), which also published the series of aerial photos Von Erde schoener. Piller was awarded the Ars Viva Prize 2004 and received the Rubens Prize from the City of Siegen. Alongside his work drawn from photo archives, the exhibition at Witte de With presents a series of ?office drawings? under the title Vorzuege der Abschichtslosigkeit and a report on a work in progress in the Municipality of Hellendoorn-Nijverdal, the Netherlands. The first part of a series of smaller publications with the title Archiv Peter Piller ? Materialien (A) Dauerhaftigkeit/Duurzaamheid is being published to coincide with this exhibition.
With special thanks to the Frehrking Wiesehöfer Gallery (Cologne), the City of Hellendoorn, the Province of Overijssel, Department of Art and Culture (KCO), and SKOR / Foundation Art and Public Space (Amsterdam).
