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LB Autofocus Retina - Couverture souple

Baumgarten, Lothar

 
9788489771529: LB Autofocus Retina
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 8489771529 ISBN 13 : 9788489771529
Editeur : Museu D'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), 2008

Synopsis

The title of this book, Autofocus Retina means a configuration of four diamond shaped mirrors connoting the inner mechanics of a camera lens: the photographic eye. Lothar Baumgarten (b. Germany 1944, living and working in Berlin/New York) presents a personal selection of photographs, sculpture, drawings and film, from the late 1960s to the present day. The book follows the creative trajectory of an artist who does not comply with the aesthetic vision of art but who continually questions the logic structuring Western thought and systems of representation. Featuring essays on Baumgarten's work by Hal Foster, Michael Jakob, Craig Owens, Anne Rorimer and Friedrich Wolfram Heubach. Each text has been chosen by the artist himself along with special graphic illustrations and images.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The title of this book, Autofocus Retina means a configuration of four diamond shaped mirrors connoting the inner mechanics of a camera lens: the photographic eye. Lothar Baumgarten (b. Germany 1944, living and working in Berlin/New York) presents a personal selection of photographs, sculpture, drawings and film, from the late 1960s to the present day. The book follows the creative trajectory of an artist who does not comply with the aesthetic vision of art but who continually questions the logic structuring Western thought and systems of representation. Featuring essays on Baumgarten's work by Hal Foster, Michael Jakob, Craig Owens, Anne Rorimer and Friedrich Wolfram Heubach. Each text has been chosen by the artist himself along with special graphic illustrations and images.

Revue de presse

Readers who are interested in photography and mixed media as social commentary will find this book compelling. Baumgarten s expansive range of work is both inspiring and intimidating. He s an artist who refuses to view his work dispassionately, claiming, ''You cannot reflect your own society, unless you know a society that is remote from it. To know that society, you don't want to walk into it, get a Ph.D. and turn the page. You have to jump into the bushes, almost naked, as I did.'' --Will Mahoney-Watson, for Notable Book Reviews

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Éditeur
Museu D'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8489771529
ISBN 13 
9788489771529
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
180
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible