Terminal Beach, 2016

Like Charrière's series Polygon, these black and white works recall the objective style of the Düsseldorf School while surveying the apotheosis of mid-century atomic-industrial architecture. With their rusting iron rebar and crumbling concrete, now falling like flakes—prey to salt air and, once, unimaginable vibrations—some of these structures recall pyramids; odious leftovers of a questionable ideal.

All works by Julian Charrière. Images: ©The Artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.