Nakamori, Yasufumi.

Utopia/dystopia : construction and destruction in photography and collage / by Yasufumi Nakamori with Graham Bader.

[Houston] : Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, ©2012.

112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

"From the time of its invention, photography has enabled artists not only to capture the world around them but also to create worlds of their own. Utopia/Dystopia investigates how artists from the late 19th century to the present have used photographic fragments or techniques to represent political, social, or cultural states of utopia or dystopia. Artists have employed a number of strategies to this end, such as cutting, fragmenting, and puncturing images as well as reassembling those culled from ready-made materials or giving a subject multiple exposures. The resulting photographs, photocollages, photomontages, and other creations question the validity of seamless pictorial images, and attempt to dismantle the notion of photography as an objective medium. This publication features approximately forty-five exemplary works by artists such as Herbert Bayer, John Heartfield, Hannah Höch, Arata Isozaki, El Lissitzky, Carter Mull, László Moholy-Nagy, Vik Muniz, Man Ray, Okanoue Toshiko, and many others. Also included are essays that offer new ways of thinking about photography's uses and implications"-- Provided by publisher.
"Utopia/Dystopia investigates how artists from the late nineteenth century to the present have used photograpic fragments or techniques to represent political, social, or cultural states of utopia or dystopia. This catalogue is heavily illustrated with works from the accompanying exhibition"-- Provided by publisher.

9780300179606 (paperback)
030017960X (paperback)

Collage Musikgruppe
Utopie Zusammenstellung
Photography Political aspects Exhibitions.
Photography Social aspects Exhibitions.
Photography Philosophy Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photocollage Exhibitions.
Dystopias Exhibitions.
Utopias Exhibitions.
Photographie Aspect politique Expositions.
Photographie Aspect social Expositions.
Photographie Philosophie Expositions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photocollage Expositions.
Dystopies Expositions.
Utopies Expositions.
ART History Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
ART History Contemporary (1945- )
PHOTOGRAPHY History.
ART Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions Group Shows.
Dystopias
Photocollage
Photography, Artistic
Photography Philosophy
Photography Political aspects
Photography Social aspects
Utopias
Dystopie
Konstruktion
Destruktion
Kunst
Fotografie

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Bader, Graham.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Location: Library main 277464
Call No.: BIB 212285
Status: Available