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| Year of creation | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 40 W × 40 H × 0.1 D cm |
| Type of art | photography |
| Style | black and white |
| Genre | street |
| Modules | 3 |
| Type of packaging | art tube |
Description of the Artwork “Just a number”
The series of images entitled "Just a number" consists of three parts, each showing different perspectives of a person on a staircase. Each image presents the subject in different positions while carrying a cardboard box on their head. Numbers and a barcode appear on the box, indicating that the person is categorized or identified in some way. The artist's perspective emphasizes the idea of anonymity and reduction to a mere number in an industrialized society that often alienates people in their individuality and humanity. Through the different perspectives and positions, the artist reflects the complexity of this topic and asks the viewer to think about the meaning of identity and individuality.
Artwork in the interior
Franz Hein, Germany
My name is Franz Hein, born in 1965 in Ehrstädt, now Sinsheim, and I spent a lot of time there in my youth with my photographer grandfather. I currently live in the north of Germany near the Dutch border in the far west. Influenced by my grandfather, I came into contact with photography at a very early age and pursued it as a hobby for a long time, with technology and creative development improving as I got older. Over the years I've photographed a lot of things, but never really felt satisfied with my work. Since I taught myself photography, it made sense to study the works of various artists and art movements in photography. So I finally found my current passion for not only creating simple photographs, but I find myself and my works predominantly in conceptual black and white photography, which had its heyday in the 60s to the end of the 70s. The often very abstract features of my works reflect today's zeitgeist in a certain way. Some colorful abstract photographs also found their way into my online gallery, but the focus is on the monochrome design with contrasts as well as the play with light and shadow and the reduction to the essentials.