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ON AT TATE MODERN

Structure and Clarity: Charlotte Posenenske and Ursula Schulz-Dornburg is on

display at Tate Modern until the autumn and is free to the general public as part

of the collection displays (Level 4: Room 9).

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it as she found it, often with

people present to highlight

its importance as a functional

building. For Schulz-Dornburg

this was key in focusing on the

ongoing relationship between

the functionality of architecture

in society and the skewed

relationship between function

and mass use, and between

intention and effect.

A

group of 15 of these

bus stops are currently

on display at Tate

Modern paired with

sculptural works by Charlotte

Posenenske (1930-1985) whose

work resembles standardised

architectural units using

industrial methods of production.

Showing photography integrated

alongside painting and sculpture

is key to our approach to the

medium, and how we collect and

display photography at Tate.

This also allows us to look at

photography differently, for

example Schulz-Dornburg’s work

also has a strong sculptural

element due to the way the

work is installed in large

grid-like installations, while

at the same time this specific

style of installation also

reflects the seriality seen

in conceptual photography.

As curators we strive to

introduce interesting artists to

a wider audience and bringing

Ursula’s work into the Tate

collection is an example of how

we have been able to do that.

From those very early days in

2011 where we spent a fantastic

two days looking through her

work together in her studio in

Düsseldorf, to hanging her work

in the gallery at Tate Modern, it

has been an extremely fascinating

and rewarding experience.

If you enjoy Ursula Schulz-

Dornburg’s Bus Stops in Armenia

then check out the work of American

photographer Mark Ruwedel (born

1954). Ruwedel’s work merges

documentary and conceptual

approaches to image-making

focusing on the ways in which

geographical, historical and political

situations are inscribed on the

surface of the earth. For example,

his series Wendover Air Force Base:

Nine Bomb Craters, Utah 1999 which

documents the development and

testing of nuclear bombs throughout

the United States.

‘Perhaps under the

guidelines of the more

experimental the

better, the shelters sit

proud in an otherwise

vast and seemingly

empty landscape.’

Erevan-Sevan 2002.

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