Is the city still a dream? - PBF03 /
Benjamin Baltus
16 November to 20 December 2018
Benjamin Baltus is fascinated by contemporary architecture and its aesthetics, and creates dehumanized, concrete cityscapes.
After his studies, Benjamin Baltus developed a passion for architectural photography, which has become the focus of his entire work. In the space between reality and fiction, the photographs in his new series Rebuilt are built around an approach based on the urban myths which influence and shape our society. This involves a critical observation and an architectural imagination. His work is an analysis of this type of landscape and its characteristics. Benjamin Baltus narrates a timeless present occupied by monumental constructions which generate the idea of a potential future, through fascination and/or fear. Man appears here fortuitously as if he is walking between buildings that imprison him. There is some doubt as to the truthfulness of the images. This invites us to take a closer look at the disturbing constructions, between maquettes and sculptures.
