The Ghost and the Rock: Albert Renger-Patzsch and the Shape of Time, a Lecture by Megan R. Luke

German photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897–1966) is perhaps best remembered for his celebrated photobook Die Welt ist schön (The world is beautiful) (1928). Renger-Patzsch’s photos are haunted by his persistent doubts about the survival of the past in embodied forms. Is it possible to experience history in a landscape, through a tangible object, or as an image? How is past time enlivened or reanimated through perception? In this year’s annual Robert Rosenblum Lecture, Megan R. Luke (University of Southern California) will consider Renger-Patzsch’s answers to such questions in his early 1930s photographs of modern dance and medieval architecture. Luke will also examine these images in tandem with his late interest in geology as expressed in his last photobook, Gestein (Rock), published shortly before his death in 1966.











When: Tue., Feb. 12, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Where: Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave. (at 89th St.)
212-423-3500
Price: General Admission $15; Members $10; Free for Students with RSVP
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German photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897–1966) is perhaps best remembered for his celebrated photobook Die Welt ist schön (The world is beautiful) (1928). Renger-Patzsch’s photos are haunted by his persistent doubts about the survival of the past in embodied forms. Is it possible to experience history in a landscape, through a tangible object, or as an image? How is past time enlivened or reanimated through perception? In this year’s annual Robert Rosenblum Lecture, Megan R. Luke (University of Southern California) will consider Renger-Patzsch’s answers to such questions in his early 1930s photographs of modern dance and medieval architecture. Luke will also examine these images in tandem with his late interest in geology as expressed in his last photobook, Gestein (Rock), published shortly before his death in 1966.

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