CHRISTIAN VON ALVENSLEBEN

STORIES

"INVITATION"

Complete online exhibition : 74 images here

In the rich oeuvre created by the photographer Christian von Alvensleben, the still lifes of set tables are a particularly magnificent chapter.

The photographer has regularly presented his photographic works of table art in magazines such as Ambiente, Feinschmecker, Vogue and Casa Vogue, Schöner Wohnen, but above all in Architektur & Wohnen. The selection shown here was created between 1967 and 1988 and gives us an insight into a good two decades of advanced table culture which often has an aura of timelessness today. We see a photographer whose immense pleasure and ambition lie in realizing the greatest possible degree of creative freedom even in his commissioned work.

His tables are pure joie de vivre and embody originality whether they are lavishly decorated in a baroque style or reduced in a very cool way. Visual pleasure is guaranteed.

Text: Ulrich Rüter, photography and art historien

The presentation is a part of a series of different "STORIES" from the artist’s archive: alvensleben.com/stories.html