Erwin Olaf Freedom - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 9493416186 ISBN 13 : 9789493416185

Editeur : Hannibal Editions, 2025

Synopsis

Erwin Olaf - Freedom offre un regard unique sur l'œuvre et la vie d'Erwin Olaf (1959-2023), l'une des personnalités artistiques les plus célèbres des Pays-Bas. Mélangeant images célèbres et inédites,ce livre est un hommage impressionnant à un artiste qui redéfinit sans cesse le medium photographique. Ce livre complet et richement illustré, qui accompagne la grande exposition rétrospective au Stedelijk Museum d'Amsterdam du 10 octobre 2025 au 1er mars 2026, apporte un nouvel éclairage sur son héritage artistique. Avec des contributions textuelles de Paco Barragán, Charlotte Cotton, Jonathan Turner, entre autres.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Erwin Olaf was an internationally exhibiting artist whose diverse practice centered around society's marginalized individuals, including women, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community. In 2019 Olaf became a Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands after 500 works from his oeuvre were added to the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Taco Dibbits, Rijksmuseum director, called Olaf "one of the most important photographers of the final quarter of the 20th century". In 2018, Olaf completed a triptych of monumental photographic and filmic tableaux portraying periods of seismic change in major world cities, and the citizens embraced and othered by their urban progress. Like much of his work, it is contextualized by complex race relations, the devastation of economic divisions, and the complications of sexuality. Olaf has maintained an activistic approach to equality throughout his 40-year career after starting out documenting pre-AIDS gay liberation in Amsterdam's nightlife in the 1980s. A bold and sometimes controversial approach has earned the artist a number of prestigious collaborations, from Vogue and Louis Vuitton, to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. He served as the official portrait artist for the Dutch royal family in 2017, and designed the national side of the euro coins for King Willem-Alexander in 2013. He has been awarded the Netherlands' prestigious Johannes Vermeer Award, as well as Photographer of the Year at the International Color Awards, and Kunstbeeld magazine's Dutch Artist of the Year. Erwin Olaf has exhibited worldwide.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Photographer, artist, activist

Erwin Olaf (1959–2023) is regarded as one of the most influential photographic artists in the Netherlands. His visual language is instantly recognizable: meticulously composed, technically refined, and charged with meaning. With a sharp eye for lighting and mise-en-scène, he was able to bring aesthetics and commitment together.

Olaf was both an artist and a fighter. He stood up for the freedom to be who you are. His fight was waged not only with his camera, but also through film, sculpture, and the queer parties he organized.

The publication Erwin Olaf – Freedom offers an in-depth survey of the full reach of his rich, varied and groundbreaking work, from the early 1980s until just before his death. It is an indispensable book for anyone who views art as a catalyst for change.

With contributions by Charlotte Cotton, Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Jonathan Turner, Rein Wolfs and others, as well as conversations with Taco Dibbits, Hans van Manen, Charl Landvreugd and Shirley den Hartog and Els Wuyts.

This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from October 11, 2025, to March 1, 2026.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hannibal Editions
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9493416186
• ISBN 13: 9789493416185
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: pieter@hannibalbooks.be; pieter@hannibalbooks.be; ; Van Aerdtstraat 33; Antwerpen; 2600; Belgique