Corner Houses, Hong Kong – Michael Wolf

In the Corner Houses, the internationally renowned German photographer Michael Wolf continues his visual search for the overlooked and underestimated urban phenomena. These residential and commercial buildings from the 1950s and 1960s are an expression of local Chinese pragmatism and practicality in the economic austerity of the first post-war decades.

The photographic presentation captures the inherent paradoxes of their architectural character: the quiet prominence, the attractive banality and the tectonic chaos are all integral parts of Hong Kong’s urban qualities and development. Michael Wolf’s photographs already stand alongside the works of Andreas Gursky and Candida Höfer, have struck a chord with a wide audience and have now also become part of our collective memory. Michael Wolf has added a contemporary contribution to the genre of the cityscape in fine art and photography with his images. The photographs are part of Michael Wolf’s major retrospectives, are shown worldwide and are in the relevant international collections.

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Architecture of Density – Michael Wolf

The series of photographs by Michael Wolf – Architecture of Density (AOD) Scouts is available to purchase in a limited edition. If you are interested, please send us an email to info@buchkunst-berlin.de or call us directly on 030.21802540. The Buchkunst Berlin gallery owners look forward to your inquiry and a conversation.

Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle Baryta Paper / Archival Pigment Print

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Architecture of Density (AOD) Scouts
Paper size: 30 cm x 40 cm
Image size: approx. 20 cm x 25.5 cm (the size varies slightly depending on the image)
Edition: 12 + 3 Artist Prints (APs) / Price on request
Signature stamp, certificate

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1 x Triptych – Architecture of Density (AOD) Scouts 

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Michael Wolf (b. 1954, Munich) grew up in Canada, Germany, and the United States, studying liberal arts at the University of California, Berkeley, and visual communication with Otto Steinert at the Folkwang School in Essen, Germany. Wolf moved to Hong Kong in 1994, where he worked for eight years as a contract photographer for Stern magazine. From 2001, Wolf focused on his own artistic projects, many of which have been published as books. Wolf’s work focuses on life in megacities. His projects document both the architecture and the vernacular culture of metropolises. While the photographer continued living and working in Hong Kong, he also created a significant series of works in Chicago and Paris. Michael Wolf died on April 24, 2019 on Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong.

Wolf’s work has been exhibited in numerous locations, including the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo, Aperture Gallery in New York, Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampere, Finland, the Hamburg Museum of Work, Museum August Kestner in Hannover, Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Rencontres d’Arles, Fotomuseum Den Haag, and the Fondazione Stelline in Milan. His work is held in many permanent collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the San José Museum of Art in California, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and M+ in Hong Kong. In 2005 and 2010, Wolf won first prize in the World Press Photo Contest, and received an honourable mention in 2011. In 2010 and 2016, Wolf was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet photography prize.