The future of yesterday / Ives Maes ; [texts, Elena Filipovic, Catherine L. Futter, and others].

Main entry:

Maes, Ives.

Title & Author:

The future of yesterday / Ives Maes ; [texts, Elena Filipovic, Catherine L. Futter, and others].

Publication:

Amsterdam : Ludion, 2013.

Description:

220 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, June 28-October 28, 2012.

Summary:

In this collection of photographs, the Belgian artist Ives Maes explores the architecture of world expos. He sets the faded glory of these sites against the ambitious and utopian project, full of promise, represented by the first world exhibition more than a century and a half ago. Maes shows how time has taken its toll on these architectural monuments and pavilions, now decayed, abandoned or torn from their original context. In this comprehensive book, Ludion sets Maes's photographs alongside images of the Great Exhibition in London (1851) through to the most recent expo in Shanghai, 2010. The images are accompanied by essays from Anna Jackson (Victoria & Albert Museum), Elena Filipovic (WIELS) and Catherine L. Futter (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) on the history of world fairs, the role of photography and the sculptural character of Ives Maes's photographic work. Exhibition: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA.

ISBN:

9789461300867
9461300867

Subject:

Maes, Ives Exhibitions.
Exhibition buildings Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Expositions Constructions Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
Exhibition buildings

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition, pictorial works

Added entries:

Filipovic, Elena.
Futter, Catherine.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284137
Call No.: BIB 222788
Status: Available

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