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Article: CHRISTIANE LOHR.
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- Artforum International
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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GALLERIA SALVATORE + CAROLINE ALA
The first thing one noticed in Christiane Lohr's recent show was the barely tangible presence--it could almost be described as an absence--of a sculpture made entirely of horsehair. Skillfully tied together and attached to both ceiling and floor, extremely fine black threads delineated the outlines of a volume, which the eye, only after considerable effort, gradually perceived as a set of three intersecting ones. Occupying the entire front room of the gallery, the structure animated the space with its impalpability, instilling in the viewer the fear either of not seeing the work clearly or of accidentally destroying it with a ...