Fabian Oefner Gallery / Sara Urbaez / March 6, 2018 2:11 PM

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    *Explosion Collage No. 01* features a 1954 portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Albert Eisenstaedt.
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    *Explosion Collage No. 04* was made using a 1956 photograph of Anita Ekberg by Yousuf Karsh.
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    This image, *Explosion Collage No. 06*, utilizes a 1923 photograph of Franz Kafka by an unknown photographer.
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    A 1979 portrait of Andy Warhol by Yousuf Karsh was used for *Explosion Collage No. 02*.
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    *Explosion Collage No. 05* features a portrait of Herbert von Karajan, photographed by Siegfried Lauterwasser around 1970.
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    This 1933 self-portrait by Constantin Brancusi was used for *Explosion Collage No. 03*.
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    The process begins with a preliminary sketch.
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    Oefner tears each portraits into up to 2,000 fragments.
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    He rearranges the fragments to form a new image.
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    Oefner shoots the larger fragments against a black backdrop, propping them up with the help of a soldering clamp.
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