Candida Hofer Architecture of Absence

Over the last thirty years, Candida Hofer has created meticulously composed images of the interiors of public and institutional spaces - spaces marked with the richness of human activity, yet largely devoid of human presence. Wether it be a photograph of a national library, or a lounge room at Volkswagen's corporate headquarters, Hofer's images ask us to conduct a distanced examination through the widow she has created. Seen as a collection, Hofer's rhythmically patterned images present a universe of interiors wholly constructed by human intention, unearthing patterns of order, logic, and disruption imposed on these spaces by their now absent creators and inhabitants.