Oliver Boberg
Small Slum I

Small Slum I
Small Slum I
Small Slum I
ArtistGerman, born 1965
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Small Slum I
  • Kleiner Slum I
Date2009
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 19 5/8 × 16 1/2 in. (49.8 × 41.9 cm)
Sheet: 22 7/8 × 19 5/8 in. (58.2 × 49.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2012.330
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Oliver Boberg creates narratives by constructing, then photographing, meticulously crafted miniature models. Roaming cities and towns, he first takes snapshots of ordinary places, such as buildings, highways, parking lots, and slums. He then uses these images as the source for his models.

In his series Kleiner Slum [Small Slum], Boberg probes the textures, colors, and structures of a slum.


Provenance[DCKT Contemporary, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"Utopia/ Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 March - 10 June, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Unsigned
Printed label on verso top center: Oliver Boberg / Kleiner Slum I / Small Slum 1, 2009 / Lambda print on Dibon, ed. #4/5 / 23 3/4 x 19 3/4" / OB89 / DCKT Contemporary

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