Katrin Korfmann
Cobra
ultrachrome print
size: 120 x 173 cm
year: 2012
size: 120 x 173 cm
year: 2012
In Cobra the technical
and visual conventions which Katrin Korfmann brings into play are readressed through a visual as well as conceptual premise, by shifting the documentary and narrative aspects of photography and, in so doing, questioning its role as a witness of truth.
What at first sight seems to be a precisely painted abstract image turns out upon closer
scrutinity to be an ice skating ring photographed from above.
What looked like paint strokes turn out to be scratches and piles of snow which are
formed by the tracks that skaters have left behind.
The title of the work
refers to the CoBrA movement and the visual language associated with those artists as well as to the actual cobra snake, which underlines this
challenging multi layered readability in the image.
and visual conventions which Katrin Korfmann brings into play are readressed through a visual as well as conceptual premise, by shifting the documentary and narrative aspects of photography and, in so doing, questioning its role as a witness of truth.
What at first sight seems to be a precisely painted abstract image turns out upon closer
scrutinity to be an ice skating ring photographed from above.
What looked like paint strokes turn out to be scratches and piles of snow which are
formed by the tracks that skaters have left behind.
The title of the work
refers to the CoBrA movement and the visual language associated with those artists as well as to the actual cobra snake, which underlines this
challenging multi layered readability in the image.
