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Barney, Matthew; Dijkstra, Rineke; Gursky, Andreas; Matta-Clark, Gordon; Prince, Richard & Others.
SUBJECTIVE REALITIES: WORKS FROM THE REFCO COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY.
New York City, NY:
The Refco Group Limited,
2003.
Softcover.
First Edition/First Printing.
Unpaginated.
As New/As New.
Retrospective collection of photographs with running commentary. One of the finest monographs on contemporary art photography. Published as a softcover original in a small and limited print run. A brilliant production by The Refco Group: Oversize-volume format. A very thick book. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by numerous contributors, a Who's Who of contemporary art photography. Running commentary by David Brooks, A. M. Homes, Luc Sante, Dave Hickey, David Rimanelli, Katy Siegel, Kathryn Hixson, Lynne Cooke, and Judith Russi Kirshner, who are among the finest living photography critic/commentators. Printed on thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In integral plastic covers, as issued. Presents the collection of contemporary photography owned by The Refco Group Limited, possibly the single most important and valuable of its kind. "Among the many lessons we have learned from photography since its inception are a few about the nature of reality and its representation. Long considered a mirror image of the real world, a direct and objective record of what exists in the visual stratosphere, the photograph has come to be understood as something much more complicated and variable, as something easily manipulated and modified. 'Subjective Realities' is thus a most apt title, for it presents a stellar selection of contemporary photography: Works by Vito Acconci, Janine Antoni, Matthew Barney, Chris Burden, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Sophie Calle, Gregory Crewdson, Rineke Dijkstra, Olafur Eliasson, Barbara Ess, Adam Fuss, Ann Hamilton, Eva Hesse, Axel Hutte, Seydou Keita, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Ana Mendieta, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mariko Mori, Catherine Opie, Richard Prince, and many, many more artist/photographers" (Publishers blurb). "Many, many more" is truly an understatement. Every important contemporary artist/photographer is represented in the collection, and in the best possible way. The running text that accompanies the photographs is acutely intelligent, absorbing, and fascinating, nothing less than an informal history of the rise of contemporary photography. A "must-have" title for photography book collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of relatively few copies still available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A scarce copy thus. The world's most important and most influential contemporary artist/photographers. A flawless copy. . ISBN B000OK22LG. $30.00 |
