Talisa Lallai
Timbuktu
German photographic artist Talisa Lallai, who completed her degree at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf in 2016, sees photography not as merely a medium for images, but rather as a physical form of expression. The artist makes use of the medium of photography to capture fleeting moments and moods and tells stories in which real and invented events are merged.
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German photographic artist Talisa Lallai, who completed her degree at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf in 2016, sees photography not as merely a medium for images, but rather as a physical form of expression. The artist makes use of the medium of photography to capture fleeting moments and moods and tells stories in which real and invented events are merged. In her art, Lallai combines certain photographs with salvaged image material, which she reworks, re-photographs or presents anew through image details.
In the exhibition at the Kunstverein Reutlingen and in the
catalog “Timbuktu,” conceived as an artist’s book, there
appear apparently chance shots of the sea, of maps, of
desert landscapes or of exotic animals, the significance
of which only emerges upon closer inspection. Here, the
oasis city of Timbuktu plays the role of an exotic allegory
that points observers towards an indefinable place of
longing. In “Timbuktu,” the idea of an “exotic south” can
be considered to be indicative of colonial history and the
exploitation of the African continent. At the same time,
the sociopolitical critical approach links the images to
form one complete work.
