Oliver Boberg constructs small models of innocuous architectural sites, complete with such details as entrances, stairways, and gray concrete walls. The photographs that Boberg takes of the scenes all contain the capacity to appeal to a viewer in a vaguely familiar way. Their sense of the generic enables them to find a space in the memory of almost anyone who has ever been in an urban environment. The fictitious landscapes typically show these structures in the early stages of decay. Cement surfaces appear weathered or cracked, and parking lots look slightly old and unkept. Boberg's artworks study the undelivered promises of modernist architecture in Western cities, and how the neglect of these spaces has resulted in an overall dreary and un-humanized appearance. Despite the long hours that can go into laboring on them, Boberg always destroys the models after taking his photographs.

2000, Spielplatz, c-print, 30 x 40”

2003, Rohbau II, c-print, 53 x 92”

1998, Dach II (Roof II), c-print, 22 x 37”

2003, Rohbau III, c-print, 62 x 68”

Oliver Boberg

1999, Treppenabgang, c-print, 30 x 24”

1997, Unterfuhrung, c-print, 26 x 29”