Hans-Christian Schink
Rötha

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Artist Hans-Christian SchinkGerman, born 1961

CultureGerman

Titles

Rötha

Date2000

PlaceRötha, Germany

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 13 1/3 × 16 3/4 in. (33.9 × 42.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (39.4 × 47.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Bob and Cindi Blakely

Object number2002.132

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionDespite the bright, candy-colors of the houses that dominate Hans-Christian Schink’s Rötha, the scene is rather stark and somber. The miniscule patches of landscape dotting each property in this German town contain only a handful of plants, each in various stages of wilting. Many of the homeowners have eschewed simple grass, preferring the easyto-maintain, lifeless, brown mulch. Though sprinkled with personalized touches—lawn ornaments and window boxes—on the whole, Schink’s scene suggests the weariness and dissatisfaction of such a regulated, compliant existence.
Provenance[FotoFest International, Houston]; Bob and Cindi Blakely; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in ink on verso lower center: Hans-Christian Schink "Rõtha // 2000 / AP I/III

Signed in ink on verso lower center: Schink

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