Peter Müller Peter: Pureblood Reflections

In the exhibition "Pureblood Reflections", Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery presented works by Peter Müller Peter which present the Yeguada de la Cartuja horses frequently encountered at European courts ever since the 12th century with a brand new interpretation.

Peter Müller Peter creates dramatic stories by taking photographs of this horse that has been depicted in the paintings of famous European artists, by again photographing it together with these paintings. Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru, a living master of Latin American literature and one of the all-round cultural personas of our day, in his article in the exhibition catalogue, mentions that the photographs draw attention to the Andalusian horse with their bewitching images. Llosa also accentuates that Müller’s work indicates that the horse is the only animal to become associated with the humans on the same level: "These extremely beautiful Andalusian Horses that Peter Müller Peter persuaded (one wonders with what wheedling) to pose for him in these artfully thought-out compositions move through the works of Rubens, Velázquez, Goya, Macke and Carpaccio with absolute ease, as would sensitively alert beings. They look at the canvases and frescoes with wide-open, intelligent eyes, ears pricked up with attention, or they take up their place in the pictures like consummate masters of illusion. They never jar, they are never superfluous among the delicate objects and the highly refined setting where the art of the photographer has installed them. Quite on the contrary – it could be claimed that they should be there, that the pictures have been waiting for them to make them complete."

"Pureblood Reflections" featured Peter Müller Peter’s new creations and presentations, through which he has moulded two different areas of art in a harmonious and aesthetic way. At the exhibition, together with 40 photographs, 6 others that are composed as an installation in shootings and reflect the areas used, was shown in light boxes.

Curator: Engin Özendes