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Erwin Olaf

Door Alasdair Foster

Categorie
Fotografie (Kunst)
Boeknummer
#330673-MC5
Titel
Erwin Olaf
Auteur
Foster, Alasdair
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
New York : Aperture Foundation
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
1597110612
ISBN13
9781597110617
Taal
Nederlands
Beschrijving
Original gilt lettered cloth with mounted plate on frontcover, numerous (full page) colour photographs by Erwin Olaf, with loosely inserted DVD on lower pastedown, 4to.
Samenvatting
Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf delivers a velvet-gloved emotional impact with his highly stylized mode of image making. His work offers a blend of mid-century modern and noir aesthetics seen through a contemporary, fashion-inflected lens. The ambience of the series presented in this volumethe first time these three bodies of work have been presented as a wholeis truly enigmatic and enticing. Olaf seduces the viewer via a mannered, restrained palette that is replete with faded avocado greens, golden-hued oranges, and subtle lilacs. Each richly colored and sleekly composed image offers a sly reinterpretation of Norman Rockwell-like iconography and characters, manifesting a nostalgia that both burlesques and wryly celebrates America of the 1950s and 60s. As a whole, the material investigates w... (Lees verder)hat critic Jonathan Turner defines as Olafs recent fascination with the visual representation of such emotions of loss, loneliness, and quiet despair. . . .
Pagina's
111
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 175,00

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