Josephine Meckseper

Untitled (Berlin Demonstration, Police Brigade)

Josephine Meckseper, Untitled The Saatchi Gallery
 

Josephine Meckseper

Untitled (Berlin Demonstration, Police Brigade)

2002
C-Print
76 x 101 cm

Photographing public demonstrations, Josephine Meckseper embraces an alternative politic of the contradictory messages contained within visual culture. Highlighting the trendy youth culture adaptation of protest chic, Meckseper shoots a line of riot-geared police officers flanked by the impressive columns of government buildings, framing the overlapping connotations of authority, violence, oppression, security, and heroism with the casual flair of a Gap advertisement.
 
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