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Splash presents a rigorous selection of Philipp Keel´s photographs

from the last decade. Keel´s luminous, color-intense images celebrate the pleasure and strange beauty of random details and objects. While his bold style may appear spontaneous, Keel meticulously experiments with the processes of image creation in the darkroom, condensing forms and tones so that everyday subjects adopt abstract qualities. Keel´s most recent photographs depict motifs in or near water: here objects dissolve in movement, take on a life of their own, and entrance us with a shimmering ambivalence.

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Artist, author and filmmaker Philipp Keel was born in Zurich. Keel´s photographs, paintings, drawings and silkscreen prints have since been shown in numerous international exhibitions and are held in leading collections. In collaboration with printer Don Weinstein and Epson, Keel has developed the "Imbue Print," setting a new standard for large-format artists´ inkjet prints. In 2003 Steidl published Color, the most comprehensive monography of Keel´s Imbue Prints. In 2012 Keel succeeded his father Daniel Keel as publisher of Diogenes Verlag in Zurich.

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