[Translate to English:] Seine serielle Arbeits- und Erzählform,
His use of seriality and narrative, his unique archiving practice, and his quasi-archeological treatment of visual media like film and television all make him one of the important figures in 20th-century German photo history.
The Kupferstich-Kabinett is mounting the first comprehensive retrospective of Christian Borchert’s oeuvre, presenting him as not only as an attentive chronicler of everyday life in the GDR and the reunification period, but also as an artist who conceived of his work in conceptual terms and in the context of media history. In addition to important projects such as his Artist- and Family Portraits, the documentation of the rebuilding of the Semperoper, and Pictures From Documentary Films, the exhibition will present lesser known works and objects from Borchert’s estate, which visualize his devotion to his archive and provide insight into his working process.
