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Harald F. Müller

Harald F. Müller’s art might be compared to the way a DJ works; his mix of materials includes photography, painting and sculpture. Extensive research in archives and libraries leads to the choice of a few significant pictures that he uses unchanged. However, by decontextualizing them, he undermines the self-evidence of their subject matter; they become ambiguous. The artist enlarges the pictures he has selected to as much as four metres, printing them on conventional Cibachrome paper mounted on thin panels of aluminium. The pictures are not hung flush with the wall but on sculptural mounts so that they appear to be floating. When viewed in close-up, the halftone dots of the enlargement turn the photograph into an artwork that allows for different levels of perception, from the objective to the abstract. The same effect is achieved when Müller crops pictures of architecture so that the three-dimensional image is transformed into a two-dimensional plane (of colour). —Dominique von Burg

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  • Harald F. Müller, CIBA NOIR, Modell, 2021

    Cibachrome on Alucore, Diasec, MDF on wall painting
    39.37 x 27.56 in (100 x 70 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, ATHINA, Modell , 2021

    pigment print on Alucore, Diasec
    20.47 x 17.72 in (52 x 45 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, BAALBEK, Modell, 2021

    pigment print on Alucore, Diasec
    20.47 x 17.72 in (52 x 45 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, EN ROUTE ONE, 2021

    wood, tempera, Cibachrome on Alucore, diasec | 3 parts
    45.28 x 23.62 in (115 x 60 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, HONG KONG, Modell, 2020

    pigment print on Alucore, Diasec
    39.37 x 27.56 in (100 x 70 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, REHBRAUN 40241, 2011

    installation, Cibachrome on Alucore, Masonite, MDF, diasec
    46.46 x 157.48 in (118 x 400 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, Christie's / Sotheby's, 2009

    wood, tempera, Cibachrome auf Alucore, diasec
    33.46 x 40.55 in (85 x 103 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, DAYLIGHT, 2009

    wood, acrylic paint, Alucore, ink jet print, Diasec
    33.46 x 31.5 in (85 x 80 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, COFFEE & BACH, 2008

    Cibachrome on Alucore, acrylic glass
    46.46 x 46.46 in (118 x 118 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, NELSON, 2008

    Cibachrome on Alucore, acrylic glass
    47.64 x 47.64 in (121 x 121 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, CONTINENTAL HYBRIDITY I, 2007

    Ilford MG IV Pearl on Alucobond, aluminum
    48.43 x 41.73 in (123 x 106 cm)

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  • Harald F. Müller, PRATER IV, 1994

    Cibachrome on aluminium
    34.25 x 42.91 in (87 x 109 cm)

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