Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
01.10.2007
Abbildungen
Illustrated in colour and tritone throughout, Illustrated in colour and tritone throughout
Verlag
Aperture Publishers USASeitenzahl
82
Maße (L/B/H)
35.1/30.9/1.7 cm
Gewicht
1356 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-59711-046-4
"Beate Gutschow: LS/S", the first monograph of this exceptional artist, features two bodies of work that compel the viewer to think about humankind's celebration of nature and our ceaseless desire to control it. In these luscious, digitally produced photographs each detail, including the subtle nuances of the palette and light, is carefully controlled, culled from an archive of images taken specifically for use in these seamless collages. Every blade of grass, pebble, and nonchalant passerby has been painstakingly orchestrated by the artist, who draws on the work and traditions of Romantic-era painters and photo legends Lewis Baltz and Bernd and Hilla Becher. The landscapes (series LS) are constructed to convery the "perfect" pastoral scene. In stark contrast, the cityscapes (series S) present an eerily familiar vision of a nonexistent but clearly dystopian form of architecture. Although the two series present seemingly tranquil settings that at first appear as binary opposites, in fact, they are equally fraught with issues of control, inauthenticity, and the pursuit of perfection.
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