Gursky documents North Korean gymnastics

How to desribe the mind-blowing, exactingly choreographed, monumental-scale human spectacle that is North Korean gymnastics? I have only caught an astonished glimpse of its true glory on a pirated DVD of lamentable quality bought off of eBay for no small fee. Even so, words fail me. But the photographer Andreas Gursky is sharing this off-limits experience, through his megamegapixel, large-format images. I caught a glimpse of the work in the last issue of Wallpaper.

As the world's most collectable living photographer, Andreas Gursky has photographed a wide array of scenes: from the worker bees at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, seen from high above, to a remarkable neutrino observatory in Japan (Kamiokande, 2007) Now the photographer has captured North Korea's incredible Arirang Festival, featured as a spectacular gatefold in this month's issue of Wallpaper*, where 70,000 choreographed performers entertain 50,000 rapturous spectators.

Can't wait until they come to a gallery near me

Gursky!
Gursky!!
Gursky!!!
Gursy!!!!

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