Auslandskorrespondenz. (Foreign Correspondence)

Subtitled: Some refelections on the lecture series ""Contemporary European
Photography'' at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The author
summarizes and comments on the presentations by five visiting curators and
critics from Europe: Joan Fontcuberta (Spain), Jean-François Chevrier (France),
Mariette Haveman (Holland), Christine Frisinghelli (Austria) and Ute Eskildsen
(Germany). Westerbeck's conclusion: ""There did seem to be one clear historical
lesson (...) that Post-Modernism really is raising a number of crucial issues
today. (...). In Europe, most photographers seem to have little interest in
these art-world polemics, and the historical problems with which they struggle
are often truly more profound than those Americans care about''.


Citaten:
Fontcuberta, J.
Chevrier, J.-F.
Haveman, M.
Frisinghelli, C.
Eskildsen, U.