Splitting Wagner
John Hill
27. mei 2015
Photo: Hagen Stier
In commemoration of the Vienna Ringstrasse's 150th anniversary, Parabol Art Magazine has published a special edition with photos of Otto Wagner's Postal Savings Bank taken by Hagen Stier and a companion exhibition in the building.
The Postparkasse, completed in 1912 and now a museum, is considered Wagner's masterpiece and an important work of early modern European architecture. Curator Oliver Elser and architectural photographer Stier pay tribute to "this paragon of Viennese Modernism" in the magazine and exhibition; the former is printed in a large format – opening up to measure almost A1 in size – while the latter consists of Stier's photos in vitrines inside the building's main hall.
Curator Elser says this about Stier's "split" photos of Wagner's architecture:
Photo: Hagen Stier
Photo: Hagen Stier
Photo: Hagen Stier
Photo: Hagen Stier
