Draeger, Christoph

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Christoph Draeger

Swiss, (born 1965-)

 
Works
Exhibitions

About the Artist

Born 1965 in Zurich (Switzerland). Lives and works in Zurich and New York.  

From 1986 to 1990 Christoph Draeger studied visual arts at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de la Cambre in Brussels. There he quickly came to define his signature theme: catastrophe, which he explores in the form of sculptures, installations, paintings and photographic series. The artist is particularly interested in the impact and the authenticity of the images conveyed by the media, images of the disasters that afflict human activity. In 1994 he made large-scale photographs of models of destroyed imaginary towns. After that he turned towards images of natural disasters, accidents and terrorist acts. Draeger seems to be particularly fascinated by air crashes, which punctuate his work, even if the closest he has come to a catastrophe in his personal life is a minor car crash.

 

Works

Featured
Sampoong Department Store Collapse, Seoul 1995

Draeger, Christoph (born 1965-)
Sampoong Department Store Collapse, Seoul 1995, 2005
Acrylic, Color, Photograph
75 5/8 x 107 1/8 in.

Pan Am 103

Draeger, Christoph (born 1965-)
Pan Am 103, 2003
Acrylic, Color, Photograph
64 x 88 in.

Catastrophe #2

Draeger, Christoph (born 1965-)
Catastrophe #2 , 1999
Color, Photograph
120 x 160 in.

Catastrophe #1

Draeger, Christoph (born 1965-)
Catastrophe #1, 1999
Color, Photograph
92 x 121 in.

Bourbonnais - III, Amtrack 99/R

Draeger, Christoph (born 1965-)
Bourbonnais - III, Amtrack 99/R, 2003
Color, Photograph
64 x 88 in.

Exhibitions

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