Lot 192: - Jan Wenzel (b.1972) , 'Werkstatt, Prager Strasse, Leipzig', 2000

Colour print, collage of 15 photobooth strips mounted on card. Framed.

measurements note 21.4 x 66.7 cm (8½ x 26¼ in.)

Wenzel, J. 2005 pp. 90-91.

Galerie Photonet, Wiesbaden.

Jan Wenzel uses a photobooth to make his pictures. Since the objects he wants to photograph don't fit into the booth, he saws them into pieces that can. He changes the entire décor in the twenty-eight seconds before the next flash. The present composition (one of his largest) is one that he liked so well that he taped it to his photobooth, as proved by illustrations in his book Fotofix (referenced below) at pp. 16, 24, 34, 42, 60, 76, 82 & 92.