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Cefalù #1 (from the series Morning of the Magicians)
2005 · Selenium toned silver gelatin print
Frame: 27 x 31 1/2" (68.6 x 80 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Joachim Koester
1962
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Joachim Koester is a Danish artist working across photography, film, and archival research to investigate historical narratives and marginalized figures. His practice is characterized by careful material examination and textual analysis, often recovering suppressed or overlooked accounts through sustained engagement with archives and found documents. Koester treats each work as an extended inquiry into the traces and contradictions embedded in historical records.
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