For his new series, German artist Peter Piller (born 1968) spent more than three years at freeway rest stops, taking pictures of the rears of trucks displaying advertisements that feature women, from which he removed all typography.
Published by Walther König, Köln. Edited by Thomas Seelig. Text by Elisabetta Antonelli, et al.
In the mid-1990s, German artist Peter Piller (born 1968) worked at a Hamburg press agency, collecting clippings and monitoring where and how the paid ads of clients would appear in print. During his daily press survey, Piller collected and organized photographs, here published and arranged thematically in Peter Piller: Archive.
Published by JRP|Ringier. Edited by Christoph Keller.
Much of Peter Piller’s photography utilizes an archival serial format to track a single recurrent word against a varying backdrop. This artist’s book, published in Christoph Keller’s series, collects a series of photographs featuring the corporate sign “Kraft” that Pillar took from his car during job related-journeys between Hamburg and Leipzig.
Published by JRP|Ringier. Edited by Christoph Keller.
In this satisfying artist’s book, Leipzig photographer Peter Piller presents a portrait of a Dutch community through archival images from regional newspapers and local companies. A copy was given to each citizen of the town where the work was made. Piller is represented by Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York.
Published by JRP|Ringier. Edited by Christoph Keller.
From 1994 to 2005, German artist Peter Piller worked a day job at a leading Hamburg ad agency where he was responsible for analyzing and archiving more than 150 regional newspapers. The grinding repetition of this task inspired him to create the Peter Piller Archive, which consists of countless images culled from these newspapers and gathered into 80-some highly subjective categories such as "Touching Cars," "Sad, Hopeless, Despair, Tristesse," "Girls Firing Arms," "Stand-in, Protests" or "Man and Fire." Zeitung, part of a series of artists' projects edited by Christoph Keller, is the most complete compilation to date of Piller's fascinating collection, which, at turns mundane and grotesque, constitutes an improbable typology of press photography from the last decade.
Peter Piller: Archive
Archiv Peter Piller: Kraft
Peter Piller: Nijverdal/Hellendoorn
Peter Piller: Zeitung