Umschläge - Peter Piller public space Schmidt’s work becomes a sort

Schmidt’s work becomes a sort of memento mori—a reminder of our own vulnerability and mortality

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Umschläge - Peter Piller public space Schmidt’s work becomes a sortFirst Edition, 1000 copies. Peter Piller is a German artist who archives, rephotographs and recombines found images. In Umschlge, which translates as covers, he reproduces the front and back cover of the magazine Armeerundschau published for the East German armed forces from 1956 to 1990. Each cover portrays a piece of military hardware or combatants while the back cover a pin up. The project was included in a major retrospective of Pillers work at