Printed Projections
Ernst Haas’ “Abstract” project stands as a bold and personal milestone in the legendary photographer’s pioneering work. The exhibition “The Forces of Abstraction” at Les Douches Galerie in Paris, now brings this largely unknown body of work to the general public.
Originally conceived in the 1970s as an audiovisual slideshow accompanied by Hungarian composer György Ligeti’s music, “Abstract” spans over three decades of Haas’s career, capturing his fascination with color, movement, and geometries in nature and daily life.
Broadway Reflections, 1952
Torn Poster, 1962
New York, 1955
Billboard Painter, NYC, 1952
The artist’s son Alexander Haas comments on the work: “My father was an avid film enthusiast. (...) In the 1970s, when technology advanced to allow multiple slide projectors to work simultaneously, he finally achieved what he had long envisioned. (...) I remember seeing him work on these abstractions at night, and I could tell how much joy it brought him.”
Torn Poster, New York, 1960
Yellow Pavement with orange, c. 1960
California, USA, 1963
Torn Poster, New York, 1960
