A post by Rishi Dastidar about an exhibition of photographs by Andreas Gursky reminded me of my own experiences with Gursky, in 1998 and 2008, which I wrote about in a poem called “Essay on Rooms”.
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Essay on Rooms
ESSAY ON ROOMS Gerhard Richter: Ein Saal und ein Kabinett für die Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, 1998 Andreas Gursky: Photographs 1994-1998, Photomuseum Winterthur, 1998 Andreas Gursky, Kunstmuseum Basel, 2007-2008 I still remember how the room was hung: the student nurses, black-and-white, adorned the farthest wall but caught the entering eye as






















