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Andreas Gursky
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Andreas Gursky is a German artist, photographer, photojournalist, and university teacher. Born in Leipzig in 1955, he works in Düsseldorf and has been employed by the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf since 1980. He is a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts. Gursky studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the University of Duisburg-Essen.
His notable works include *Rhein II* and *99 Cent II Diptychon*. He is represented by White Cube. His works are held in the collections of the Städel Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Art Institute of Chicago, and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Great illusions
- Werte schaffen
- Andoreasu Gurusukī
- Aussenhaut und Innenraum
- Parkett #44 Vija Celmins, Andreas Gurskey, Rirkrit Tiravanija
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Andreas Gursky: Long Shot Close Up — Himself2010
- Gursky World — Himself
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,494x
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 23,758x
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,403x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,616x
- SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor
· 2020 · cited 17,423x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1955-01-15 ) 15 January 1955 (age 71) , Leipzig , East Germany (now Germany)
- Known for
- Photography
- Notable work
- Rhein II
- Movement
- Düsseldorf School of Photography
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German artist best known for his photography. He is a former professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
He is known for his large-scale colour photographs of architecture, landscapes and contemporary life—crowds, consumer goods and the infrastructures of global capitalism—combining methodical observation with digital construction to achieve an all-over, hyper-detailed image field. His works reach some of the highest prices in the art market. His photograph Rhein II was sold at Christie's for $4,338,500 on 8 November 2011. At the time it was the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction, and it remains the most expensive photograph by a living photographer.
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