Lutz Bacher at Galerie Buchholz
Artist: Lutz Bacher Venue: Galerie Buchholz, Cologne Exhibition Title: FIREARMS Date: August 30 – October 26, 2019 Click here to view slideshow Full gallery of images, press release, and link available after the jump. Images: Images courtesy of Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne/New York Press Release: Galerie Buchholz Cologne presents FIREARMS, an exhibition of the last completed artwork by the American artist Lutz Bacher (1943 -2019). FIREARMSis a single work comprised of 58 framed pigment prints,each depicting a different model of gun taken from pages of a manual on gun repair and maintenance. Like a typology of arms, the prints show a direct profile portrait of each gun, together with its name, country of origin, manufacturer, cartridge size, magazine capacity, overall length, height, barrel length, and weight. A paragraph of text describes each gun’s design origin, key features, and history of use. Many guns wer...
