Thomas Bayrle (Berlin, 1937) is considered one of the leading representatives of the reception of the Pop movement in Germany. Active since the late sixties, his work explores how the process of production, repetition and reading of an image is linked to a certain assumption of the Modern project, at the same time as it highlights the latter's difficulties in coping with two of the fundamental concepts of today's society: the notions of difference and error.
Activity
A conversation between Thomas Bayrle and Lars Bang Larsen, theorist and curator
in progress
Thomas Bayrle (Berlin, 1937) is considered one of the leading representatives of the reception of the Pop movement in Germany. Active since the late sixties, his work explores how the process of production, repetition and reading of an image is linked to a certain assumption of the Modern project, at the same time as it highlights the latter’s difficulties in coping with two of the fundamental concepts of today’s society: the notions of difference and error.