Ursula Schulz-Dornburg
German, born 1938
Opytnoe Pole, Kazakhstan (Nuclear Test Site #36)
INV-2720
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg
German, born 19382012
Opytnoe Pole, Kazakhstan (Nuclear Test Site #36)
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg German, born 1938 →Date
2012
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
44.5 × 44.5 cm (17 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Kristin Rey and Michael Rubel
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg is known for her black-and-white photographs of the ancient and contemporary built environment, highlighting the strange presence of certain structures in otherwise everyday landscapes. These and nearby photographs focus on a complex in what is now Kazakhstan, which the Soviet Union built in the 1950s to test the destructive impact of their nuclear weapons. Decades after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, these facilities have been heavily looted, leaving only naked structures in a surreal and radioactive landscape.
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