Main entry:

Rosenheim, Jeff, author. aut

Title & Author:

Bernd & Hilla Becher / Jeff L. Rosenheim ; essays by Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, Virginia Heckert, Lucy Sante ; interview with Max Becher ; translations from German by Elisabeth Lauffer.

Publication:

New York, New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2022]
New Haven, Connecticut ; London : Yale University Press
Verona, Italy : Trifolio
©2022

Description:

281 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits (some color), photographs ; 28 cm

Notes:
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with Bernd & Hilla Becher, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from July 15 through November 6, 2022, and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from December 17, 2022, to April 2, 2023" -- Colophon.
Pages 127-130, 155-158, and 159-162 are foldouts.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index.
Directors' Foreword / Max Hollein -- Introduction / Jeff L. Rosenheim -- Bernd and Hilla Becher : A Lifelong Project of Uninflected Passion / Virginia Heckert -- Documenting the Whole Plant : A Case Study of the Concordia Mine / Gabriele Conrath-Scholl -- A Postmortem for Industry / Lucy Sante -- Plates I. Early Works by Bernd Becher -- Plates II. Early Works by Hilla Becher -- Plates III. Works by Bernd and Hilla Becher -- A Conversation with Max Becher / Jeff L. Rosenheim -- Works in the Exhibition and Catalogue -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- Photography credits.
Text in English, translated from the German.

Exhibitions:

"Bernd & Hilla Becher" : July 15-November 6, 2022, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States.
"Bernd & Hilla Becher" : December 17, 2022-April 2, 2023, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, United States.

Summary:

"For more than five decades, Bernd (1931-2007) and Hilla (1934-2015) Becher collaborated on extraordinary photographs of industrial architecture in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States. This sweeping monograph features 150 of the Bechers' quintessential pictures of water towers, gas tanks, and blast furnaces that became sculptural objects through their lens and presentation methods. Also included are little-known or unpublished works beyond the Bechers' iconic Typologies, such as Bernd's early drawings, Hilla's independent photographs, and excerpts from their notes, sketchbooks, and journals. Essays by Virginia Heckert and Gabriele Conrath-Scholl offer new insights into the development of the artists' exacting process; their work's precedents and conceptual underpinnings; and their legacy. Award-winning cultural historian Lucy Sante places the Bechers' photographs within the context of deindustrialization and its impact on the physical and cultural landscape. An interview with Max Becher, the artists' son, explores their artistic methods and collaborative relationship. Showcasing the photographic, architectural, and emotional aspects of their starkly beautiful work, this volume offers an unrivaled look into the Bechers' art alongside their career, life, and subjects."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781588397553 (hardback)
1588397556 (hardback)

Subject:

Becher, Bernd, 1931-2007 Exhibitions.
Becher, Bernd, 1931-2007 Criticism and interpretation.
Becher, Bernd, 1931-2007 Themes, motives.
Becher, Hilla Exhibitions.
Becher, Hilla Criticism and interpretation.
Becher, Hilla Themes, motives.
Becher, Bernd, 1931-2007 Expositions.
Becher, Hilla, 1934-2015 Expositions.
Becher, Bernd, 1931-2007
Becher, Hilla
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Exhibitions 21st century.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Photography, Industrial Germany Exhibitions.
Architectural photography Germany Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic 20th century Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photographie industrielle Allemagne Expositions.
Photographie d'architecture Allemagne Expositions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photographie artistique 20e siècle Expositions.
Themes, motives
Photography, Artistic
Architectural photography
Photography, Industrial
Germany

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
photobooks.
interviews.
Photobooks
Interviews
Essays
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Art criticism
Exhibition catalogs
Critiques d'art.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Becher, Bernd, 1931-2007, photographer, artist.
Becher, Bernd, 1931-2007. Bernd und Hilla Becher. English.
Becher, Hilla, photographer, artist.
Becher, Hilla. Bernd und Hilla Becher. English.
Conrath-Scholl, Gabriele, writer of supplementary textual content.
Heckert, Virginia, writer of supplementary textual content.
Sante, Lucy, writer of supplementary textual content.
Rosenheim, Jeff, curator, interviewer.
Becher, Max, 1964- interviewee.
Lauffer, Elisabeth, translator.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, host institution.
United States New York (State) New York.

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Holdings:

Location: Library study room photo 316987
Call No.: TR647 .B43 2022
Copy: 1
Status: Available