Opytnoe Pole, Kazakhstan (Nuclear Test Site #35)

Ursula Schulz-DornburgWW-2012-143847

2012·Gelatin silver print·44.5 × 44.5 cm (17 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)

<p>Ursula Schulz-Dornburg is known for her black-and-white photographs of the ancient and contemporary built environment, highlighting the strange presence of certain structures in otherwise everyday landscapes. These and nearby photographs focus on a complex in what is now Kazakhstan, which the Soviet Union built in the 1950s to test the destructive impact of their nuclear weapons. Decades after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, these facilities have been heavily looted, leaving only naked structures in a surreal and radioactive landscape.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 2012
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 44.5 × 44.5 cm (17 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Ursula Schulz-Dornburg

Artist

Ursula Schulz-Dornburg

Photography

Ursula Schulz-Dornburg is a German conceptual photographer and artist who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her photographs follow a minimalist aesthetic and incorporate documentary and conceptual approaches. She is best known for her serial photographs of historical architecture in Europe, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.

Berlin, Germany

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