Christian Boltanski
Leçon des ténèbres
May 15 - June 29, 1986
“The windows are darkened. No daylight disturbs the macabre scenery. On the walls, illuminated by strings of lights, hang anonymous portraits of children. An angel of death ghosts through the room as a silhouette. Skeletons with scythes and swords dance a wild dance. What a perfect game with illusions: Death symbols of different provenance are combined into a suggestively powerful stage set.”
(Christoph Wiedemann: “Fiktive Wirklichkeit. Eine Installation von Christian Boltanski,” in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 10, 1986)
Publication
Zdenek Felix (ed.): Christian Boltanski - Leçon des Ténèbres. Kunstverein München: 1986. With texts by Zdenek Felix and an interview between Christian Boltanski and Demosthenes Davvetas.