HEINRICH HEIDERSBERGER

Heinrich Heidersberger's most arresting images are a series of nudes he made with his wife Renate Heidersberger-Weber, where strong geometric forms are projected onto the human body. The tension between the rigid shapes and the landscape of the natural form give the images their power, and this dichotomy is continued in more subtle ways through the rest of his work.

Photo: Yvonne Amankwa / Artflash

Born in 1912, Hiedersberger's training took place in pre-war Paris, where he studied painting and moved in avant-garde, surrealist circles, where his circle of friends included Piet Mondrian.

Photo: Yvonne Amankwa / Artflash

He took this sideways approach and applied it to more pedestrian themes on his return to Germany. His work really came to life doccumenting the city of Wolfsburg, the company town that makes Volkswagens cars. The optimistic structures of the postwar period are documented with a subtly surreal twist.

Photo: Yvonne Amankwa / Artflash

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