John Divola
As Far as I Could Get
Prestel (Publisher)
Published on 27. September 2013
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-3-7913-5291-6 (ISBN)
Description
Those interested in contemporary photography will welcome this volume exploring in-depth ten major series by John Divola. Starting with "Vandalism," his iconic look at Southern California in the 1970s and including his most recent series, "Theodore Street Project," this collection of beautifully reproduced images shows how expertly Divola moves between medium and technique. Using Polaroids of sculpted objects, appropriated stereographs and landscapes featuring his own image, Divola's diverse body of work explores painting and conceptual art through his photography. Essays by the accompanying exhibitions' curators explore themes such as existentialism, California and photography in the 1970s and natural and built environments. Divola's most recent project is discussed in an interview between the artist and Simon Baker.
Reviews / Votes
"This collection provides a wonderful way to follow the meandering, though connected, paths of an admired and creative living artist. . . I would recommend leaving this book out to be seen, experienced, examined, and reexamined over and over." --Photographer's Forum -This collection provides a wonderful way to follow the meandering, though connected, paths of an admired and creative living artist. . . I would recommend leaving this book out to be seen, experienced, examined, and reexamined over and over.---Photographer's Forum
"This collection provides a wonderful way to follow the meandering, though connected, paths of an admired and creative living artist. . . I would recommend leaving this book out to be seen, experienced, examined, and reexamined over and over." --Photographer's Forum
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Dimensions
Height: 289 mm
Width: 259 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1664 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-5291-6 (9783791352916)
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Persons
Kathleen Stewart Howe is the Sarah Rempel and Herbert S. Rempel '23 Director, Pomona College Museum of Art, California. Britt Salvesen is the Department Head and Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department and the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Karen Sinsheimer is the Curator of Photography at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California.