Photo-poetics : an anthology

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Photo-poetics : an anthology

Organized by Jennifer Blessing with Susan Thompson

Guggenheim Museum Publications, c2015

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Exhibition catalogue

Catalog of an exhibition held at Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin, July 10-Aug. 30, 2015, and at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Nov. 20, 2015-Mar. 23, 2016

Includes bibliographical references

7 unnumbered pages

Credits:Photographers, Claudia Angelmaier, Erica Baum, Anne Collier, Moyra Davey, Leslie Hewitt, Elad Lassry, Lisa Oppenheim, Erin Shirreff, Kathrin Sonntag, Sara VanDerBeek

Summary:This catalogue presents an important new trend in contemporary photography, offering an opportunity to define the concerns of a younger generation of artists and contextualize them within the history of art and culture. Drawing on the legacies of conceptual and commercial photography, these artists pursue a largely studio-based approach to still-life photography that centers on the representation of objects, often printed matter such as books, magazines and record covers. The result is images imbued with poetic and evocative personal significance, a sort of displaced self-portraiture, that resonate with larger cultural and historical meanings. Driven by a deep interest in the medium of photography, these artists investigate the nature, laws and magic of film photography at the moment of its disappearance in our digital age. They attempt to rematerialize the photograph through meticulous printing, using film and other disappearing photo technologies, and by creating photo-sculptures and installations

Contents of Works

  • Preface / Richard Armstrong
  • Acknowledgments / Jennifer Blessing
  • Project team
  • Introductions
  • Claudia Angelmaier: Betty, 2008
  • Erica Baum: Jaws, 2008, and Nebulous 55, 2011
  • Anne Collier: Crying, 2005, and Open Book #2 (Crépuscules), 2009
  • Moyra Davey: Les Goddesses, 2011
  • Leslie Hewitt: Riffs on Real Time, 2006-09
  • Elad Lassry: Four Eggs, 2012; Bengal, 2011; Men (055, 065), 2012; and Untitled (Woman, Blond), 2013
  • Lisa Oppenheim: The Sun is Always Setting Somewhere Else, 2006
  • Erin Shirreff: UN 2010 2010
  • Kathrin Sonntag: Mittnacht, 2008
  • Sara VanDerBeek: From the Means of Reproduction, 2007
  • Afterwords
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