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Erwin Olaf
Door Alasdair Foster
Categorie | Fotografie (Kunst) |
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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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