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David Lynch has always been in the spotlight as a filmmaker,
directing some of the most iconic movies ever made, but as a visual
artist, he is less widely known. Lynch delights in the physicality
of painting and likes to stimulate all the senses in his work. This
new paperback edition brings together Lynch’s paintings,
photography, drawings, sculpture and installation, and stills from
his films. Many of these works reveal the dark underpinnings behind
Lynch’s often-macabre movies. Others explore his fascination with
texture and collage. Throughout, Lynch’s characteristic
style—surreal, stylish, and even humorous—shines through. An
introduction by music journalist and Lynch biographer Kristine
McKenna, along with a thought- provoking essay by curator Stijn
Huijts, offers fascinating new information and perspectives on
Lynch’s life and career. This book reveals an unexplored facet of
Lynch’s oeuvre and affirms that he is as brilliant a visual
artist as he is a filmmaker.
The artist Stefan Hunstein brought magical photographs of untouched
landscapes back from his journey to the Arctic in 2012. In their
majesty and beauty, their immensity and their deadly cold they echo
the visions of ice in painting and literature, especially during
the Romantic era. The publication shows a selection of these
breathtaking photographs which are being presented in public for
the first time - also in a series of exhibitions. Here Hunstein,
famous for his critical exami nation of contemporary history
through the artistic processing of existing pictures, has taken up
the camera himself and has created "Dream Pictures" which retain a
hint of unreality in their outlines, shadows and reflections, in
their theatrical blue lumi nosity and the bizarre, constantly
changing structures. In these photos - printed on glass using a
special technique - the artist links the fragile and the monstrous,
the beauty of nature and "the horrors of the ice and of darkness"
(Christoph Ransmayr)
Taking readers behind the scenes of one of the world's most
exciting dance companies, this richly illustrated book also tells
the incredible back story of its famed creator and his brilliant
vision to weave Cuban culture and history into classical and
contemporary dance. As a troubled teenager, Carlos Acosta was
whisked off the streets of his native Havana and enrolled in the
Cuban national ballet. From that time on he has emerged as one of
the most influential dancers of the twenty-first century.
Throughout his career, Acosta has striven to shine an international
light on his homeland's rich cultural traditions, while also
exposing Cuba to choreographic innovations happening around the
globe. With this aim, Acosta established ACOSTA DANZA in 2015. More
than five years later the troupe continues to perform to rapturous
accolades, both for the exceptional quality of its Cuban dancers
and for its mission to highlight Cuban-influenced music and set
design. Filled with more than one hundred photographs, many
never-before- published, this book gives voice to the astonishingly
diverse collection of dancers and choreographers, whose sensuous
vitality and technical skill jump off the page-their experiences on
and off the stage, their dreams and strategies, their emotions and
challenges. In a deeply personal interview, Acosta himself shares a
vision for giving young Cuban dancers the opportunities to express
themselves creatively, and to give back to a country and community
that gave so much to him.
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Stephan Huber: Gran Paradiso
Petra Giloy-Hirtz, Stephan Huber; Text written by Uschi Demeter
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Beauty, terror, majesty, awe: mountain worlds have fascinated
humankind since time immemorial. Stephan Huber ascends the
snow-covered peaks "en miniature". In his sculptures he imitates
the relief of the mountains and creates theatrical-looking,
object-like works. This comprehensive volume reflects in powerful
images the Alpine cosmos which Huber has been investigating for
more than four decades. Stephan Huber’s “Mountains” can be
found everywhere: in museums like the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the
Bonner Kunstmuseum and the Messner Mountain Museum, and also as
large-scale installations in the public space. His monumental
contribution to the Venice Biennale in 1999 received international
acclaim. In addition to the famous snow-white sculptures of
mountain peaks, the publication also assembles early book objects,
fictional expeditions, multiples and exhibition views. Essays and
an extensive conversation with Reinhold Messner about the interior
and exterior mountain worlds round out the volume.
Roland Fischer’s “Façades” are spectacular photographic pict
ures: a visual grammar of architectural structures, an alphabet of
abstract forms full of art ‐ historical references. Roland
Fischer (b. 1958), whose work is exhibited worldwide in important
museums, lives and works in Munich and Beijing. Since the 1990s t
he artist has been photographing the exteriors of buildings, of
banks, corporate headquarters and museums in the metropolises of
the world, including Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, Hong Kong,
Melbourne, Osaka, Boston, Brasilia, Los Angeles, Paris, São Paulo,
Singapore, Dallas, Madrid, Washington, Mexico City, Chicago,
Toronto, Chongqing and Montreal. The results of this breathtaking
project form an unusual series of some 100 façades: a vocabulary
of global architecture, an inventory of city landmarks. The
structures and colours of the contemporary metropolitan universe
are transformed into pictures that resemble abstract painting
Roland Fischer's "Facades" are spectacular photographic pictures: a
visual grammar of architectural structures, an alphabet of abstract
forms full of art-historical references. Roland Fischer (b. 1958),
whose work is exhibited worldwide in important museums, lives and
works in Munich and Beijing. Since the 1990s the artist has been
photographing the exteriors of buildings, of banks, corporate
headquarters and museums in the metropolises of the world,
including Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, Hong Kong, Melbourne,
Osaka, Boston, Brasilia, Los Angeles, Paris, Sao Paulo, Singapore,
Dallas, Madrid, Washington, Mexico City, Chicago, Toronto,
Chongqing and Montreal. The results of this breathtaking project
form an unusual series of some 100 facades: a vocabulary of global
architecture, an inventory of city landmarks. The structures and
colours of the contemporary metropolitan universe are transformed
into pictures that resemble abstract paintings.
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