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This new volume showcases the thrilling circus photography of the American photographer Frederick W. Glasier, who photographed the circus during its 1890-1925 heyday. Now considered as masterful a chronicler of time and place as his contemporaries Atget and Sander, Glasier made photos which bring the three-ring pageant of the circus to life with an irresistible narrative(...)
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This new volume showcases the thrilling circus photography of the American photographer Frederick W. Glasier, who photographed the circus during its 1890-1925 heyday. Now considered as masterful a chronicler of time and place as his contemporaries Atget and Sander, Glasier made photos which bring the three-ring pageant of the circus to life with an irresistible narrative(...)
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Circus : the photographs of Frederick W. Glasier
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This new volume showcases the thrilling circus photography of the American photographer Frederick W. Glasier, who photographed the circus during its 1890-1925 heyday. Now considered as masterful a chronicler of time and place as his contemporaries Atget and Sander, Glasier made photos which bring the three-ring pageant of the circus to life with an irresistible narrative rhythm. With 73 gloriously reproduced images from the 1,700 glass plate negatives from the collections of the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art at Florida State University, informative anecdotal captions by the circus historian (and co-editor of this volume) Deborah Walk, and a fascinating essay by Luc Sante.
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This new volume showcases the thrilling circus photography of the American photographer Frederick W. Glasier, who photographed the circus during its 1890-1925 heyday. Now considered as masterful a chronicler of time and place as his contemporaries Atget and Sander, Glasier made photos which bring the three-ring pageant of the circus to life with an irresistible narrative rhythm. With 73 gloriously reproduced images from the 1,700 glass plate negatives from the collections of the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art at Florida State University, informative anecdotal captions by the circus historian (and co-editor of this volume) Deborah Walk, and a fascinating essay by Luc Sante.
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October 2009
October 2009
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Architecture tomorrow
Architecture tomorrow
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En Europe, les trois quarts de la population vivent en milieu urbain : en Asie, c'est de l'ordre de 40 %. Mais de quoi la ville de demain sera-t-elle faite ? Quelles architectures, quels espaces publics ? Quelle pensée, quels concepts domineront les deux décennies à venir ? Autant de questions soulevées par "Architecture tomorrow", un livre sur l'évolution du cadre de(...)
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En Europe, les trois quarts de la population vivent en milieu urbain : en Asie, c'est de l'ordre de 40 %. Mais de quoi la ville de demain sera-t-elle faite ? Quelles architectures, quels espaces publics ? Quelle pensée, quels concepts domineront les deux décennies à venir ? Autant de questions soulevées par "Architecture tomorrow", un livre sur l'évolution du cadre de(...)
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En Europe, les trois quarts de la population vivent en milieu urbain : en Asie, c'est de l'ordre de 40 %. Mais de quoi la ville de demain sera-t-elle faite ? Quelles architectures, quels espaces publics ? Quelle pensée, quels concepts domineront les deux décennies à venir ? Autant de questions soulevées par "Architecture tomorrow", un livre sur l'évolution du cadre de vie contemporain aux prises avec la mondialisation. Qu'ils soient dédiés au travail ou aux loisirs, à l'habitat ou au commerce, à la santé ou à l'éducation, les lieux deviennent de plus en plus hybrides. Mais au-delà de la complexité inhérente à cette nouvelle génération de programmes, les bâtiments se doivent d'intégrer la démarche planétaire de " développement durable ". Parallèlement, l'heure n'est plus à l'utopie mais à l'expérimentation dans trois domaines en perpétuel croisement : architecture, social et culturel. En ce XXI° siècle placé sous le signe de la transversalité, l'architecture se nourrit des emprunts aux autres disciplines - l'art contemporain notamment - mais s'enrichit aussi des transferts de technologie. Manipulations informatiques aidant, les architectes peuvent explorer de nouveaux champs et donner corps à leur rêve d'espace. Le musée Guggenheim de Bilbao, icône de la modernité s'il en est, a ouvert l'autoroute de possibilités infinies ; et la gare maritime de Yokohama a déjà pris le relais... Ainsi apparaissent de nouvelles formes, de nouvelles matières, de nouveaux lieux dans ces bâtiments parfois singuliers, mais toujours spécifiques. Car on ne se risquerait plus aujourd'hui à parler d'" avant-garde ". Dans cet esprit de prospective, "Architecture tomorrow" propose plus qu'une revue des tendances : c'est l'analyse, au bout du compte, des " attitudes " des architectes en réponse aux questionnements d'une société envahie par l'image. Ils se montrent en phase avec cette mutation accélérée ; beaucoup anticipent les usages, les modes de vie. Sculpturaux ou immatériels, générateurs d'urbanité ou catalyseurs de flux, les œuvres et projets présentés dans ce livre s'attachent à réaffirmer l'architecture comme un véritable acte culturel. En paysage urbain comme dans le grand paysage naturel. Une rue sous une immense voile de verre à Milan, une ambassade conçue comme une promenade à Berlin, des logements suspendus au-dessus de l'eau à Cordoue, une immense plaque perforée jouant l'interface avec le patrimoine de Saint-Etienne... L'architecture contemporaine d'offre à nous dans une prodigieuse ingéniosité où le poétique sait le disputer à la technique, le social au monumental, l'éphémère au pérenne.
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En Europe, les trois quarts de la population vivent en milieu urbain : en Asie, c'est de l'ordre de 40 %. Mais de quoi la ville de demain sera-t-elle faite ? Quelles architectures, quels espaces publics ? Quelle pensée, quels concepts domineront les deux décennies à venir ? Autant de questions soulevées par "Architecture tomorrow", un livre sur l'évolution du cadre de vie contemporain aux prises avec la mondialisation. Qu'ils soient dédiés au travail ou aux loisirs, à l'habitat ou au commerce, à la santé ou à l'éducation, les lieux deviennent de plus en plus hybrides. Mais au-delà de la complexité inhérente à cette nouvelle génération de programmes, les bâtiments se doivent d'intégrer la démarche planétaire de " développement durable ". Parallèlement, l'heure n'est plus à l'utopie mais à l'expérimentation dans trois domaines en perpétuel croisement : architecture, social et culturel. En ce XXI° siècle placé sous le signe de la transversalité, l'architecture se nourrit des emprunts aux autres disciplines - l'art contemporain notamment - mais s'enrichit aussi des transferts de technologie. Manipulations informatiques aidant, les architectes peuvent explorer de nouveaux champs et donner corps à leur rêve d'espace. Le musée Guggenheim de Bilbao, icône de la modernité s'il en est, a ouvert l'autoroute de possibilités infinies ; et la gare maritime de Yokohama a déjà pris le relais... Ainsi apparaissent de nouvelles formes, de nouvelles matières, de nouveaux lieux dans ces bâtiments parfois singuliers, mais toujours spécifiques. Car on ne se risquerait plus aujourd'hui à parler d'" avant-garde ". Dans cet esprit de prospective, "Architecture tomorrow" propose plus qu'une revue des tendances : c'est l'analyse, au bout du compte, des " attitudes " des architectes en réponse aux questionnements d'une société envahie par l'image. Ils se montrent en phase avec cette mutation accélérée ; beaucoup anticipent les usages, les modes de vie. Sculpturaux ou immatériels, générateurs d'urbanité ou catalyseurs de flux, les œuvres et projets présentés dans ce livre s'attachent à réaffirmer l'architecture comme un véritable acte culturel. En paysage urbain comme dans le grand paysage naturel. Une rue sous une immense voile de verre à Milan, une ambassade conçue comme une promenade à Berlin, des logements suspendus au-dessus de l'eau à Cordoue, une immense plaque perforée jouant l'interface avec le patrimoine de Saint-Etienne... L'architecture contemporaine d'offre à nous dans une prodigieuse ingéniosité où le poétique sait le disputer à la technique, le social au monumental, l'éphémère au pérenne.
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October 2004, Paris
October 2004, Paris
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Conjunctions:55 Urban arias
Conjunctions:55 Urban arias
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Those who choose to live in cities often have a complex relationship with their steel and glass environment--an attachment that often mingles irritation with affection, fear with calm, a desire to leave with the imperative to stay. This bond between city dwellers and their metropolitan milieux lies at the heart of Urban Arias. Downtowns, uptowns, midtowns; parks,(...)
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Those who choose to live in cities often have a complex relationship with their steel and glass environment--an attachment that often mingles irritation with affection, fear with calm, a desire to leave with the imperative to stay. This bond between city dwellers and their metropolitan milieux lies at the heart of Urban Arias. Downtowns, uptowns, midtowns; parks,(...)
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Conjunctions:55 Urban arias
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Those who choose to live in cities often have a complex relationship with their steel and glass environment--an attachment that often mingles irritation with affection, fear with calm, a desire to leave with the imperative to stay. This bond between city dwellers and their metropolitan milieux lies at the heart of Urban Arias. Downtowns, uptowns, midtowns; parks, ghettoes, museums--the rich gamut of what constitutes one of the oldest experiments in human habitation stands at the center of this special issue. Among the two dozen contributors are Elizabeth Hand, Paul La Farge, Jonathan Lethem, Karen Russell and Luc Sante, along with a previously unpublished interview with Thomas Bernhard, in which the uneasy relationship between rural and urban life is discussed.
Conjunctions:55 Urban arias
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Those who choose to live in cities often have a complex relationship with their steel and glass environment--an attachment that often mingles irritation with affection, fear with calm, a desire to leave with the imperative to stay. This bond between city dwellers and their metropolitan milieux lies at the heart of Urban Arias. Downtowns, uptowns, midtowns; parks, ghettoes, museums--the rich gamut of what constitutes one of the oldest experiments in human habitation stands at the center of this special issue. Among the two dozen contributors are Elizabeth Hand, Paul La Farge, Jonathan Lethem, Karen Russell and Luc Sante, along with a previously unpublished interview with Thomas Bernhard, in which the uneasy relationship between rural and urban life is discussed.
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December 2010
December 2010
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Bernd & Hilla Becher
Bernd & Hilla Becher
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For more than five decades, Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934–2015) Becher collaborated on photographs of industrial architecture in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States. This sweeping monograph features the Bechers’ quintessential pictures, which present water towers, gas tanks, blast furnaces, and more as sculptural objects. Beyond the(...)
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For more than five decades, Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934–2015) Becher collaborated on photographs of industrial architecture in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States. This sweeping monograph features the Bechers’ quintessential pictures, which present water towers, gas tanks, blast furnaces, and more as sculptural objects. Beyond the(...)
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Bernd & Hilla Becher
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For more than five decades, Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934–2015) Becher collaborated on photographs of industrial architecture in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States. This sweeping monograph features the Bechers’ quintessential pictures, which present water towers, gas tanks, blast furnaces, and more as sculptural objects. Beyond the Bechers’ iconic Typologies, the book includes Bernd’s early drawings, Hilla’s independent photographs, and excerpts from their notes, sketchbooks, and journals. The book’s authors offer new insights into the development of the artists’ process, their work’s conceptual underpinnings, the photographers’ relationship to deindustrialization, and the artists’ legacy. An essay by award-winning cultural historian Lucy Sante and an interview with Max Becher, the artists’ son, make this volume an unrivaled look into the Bechers’ art, life, and career.
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For more than five decades, Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934–2015) Becher collaborated on photographs of industrial architecture in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States. This sweeping monograph features the Bechers’ quintessential pictures, which present water towers, gas tanks, blast furnaces, and more as sculptural objects. Beyond the Bechers’ iconic Typologies, the book includes Bernd’s early drawings, Hilla’s independent photographs, and excerpts from their notes, sketchbooks, and journals. The book’s authors offer new insights into the development of the artists’ process, their work’s conceptual underpinnings, the photographers’ relationship to deindustrialization, and the artists’ legacy. An essay by award-winning cultural historian Lucy Sante and an interview with Max Becher, the artists’ son, make this volume an unrivaled look into the Bechers’ art, life, and career.
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August 2022
August 2022
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Photography monographs
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Amy Cutler: Turtle fur
Amy Cutler: Turtle fur
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Polite ladies in Victorian costume dancing on tabletops with chairs worn like hats on their heads; young girls with little foals strapped to their backs; a team of women dutifully mending docile tigers with needle and thread--all of these surreal antics depicted on a bare white ground--this is the jauntily disturbing imagery of Amy Cutler. Cutler's gouaches and drawings(...)
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Polite ladies in Victorian costume dancing on tabletops with chairs worn like hats on their heads; young girls with little foals strapped to their backs; a team of women dutifully mending docile tigers with needle and thread--all of these surreal antics depicted on a bare white ground--this is the jauntily disturbing imagery of Amy Cutler. Cutler's gouaches and drawings(...)
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Amy Cutler: Turtle fur
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Polite ladies in Victorian costume dancing on tabletops with chairs worn like hats on their heads; young girls with little foals strapped to their backs; a team of women dutifully mending docile tigers with needle and thread--all of these surreal antics depicted on a bare white ground--this is the jauntily disturbing imagery of Amy Cutler. Cutler's gouaches and drawings on paper have won fans and collectors worldwide, and their winning amalgam of rich imagination and skillful execution, which together update lineages as various as Persian miniature painting, Surrealism, children's fairytale books and Japanese woodblock printing, offers satisfactions rarely found in contemporary art.This volume, published for the artist's 2011 exhibition at SITE Sante Fe, is Cutler's second monograph , and draws from private and public collections to offer a thorough survey of her work from the late 1990s to the present.
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Polite ladies in Victorian costume dancing on tabletops with chairs worn like hats on their heads; young girls with little foals strapped to their backs; a team of women dutifully mending docile tigers with needle and thread--all of these surreal antics depicted on a bare white ground--this is the jauntily disturbing imagery of Amy Cutler. Cutler's gouaches and drawings on paper have won fans and collectors worldwide, and their winning amalgam of rich imagination and skillful execution, which together update lineages as various as Persian miniature painting, Surrealism, children's fairytale books and Japanese woodblock printing, offers satisfactions rarely found in contemporary art.This volume, published for the artist's 2011 exhibition at SITE Sante Fe, is Cutler's second monograph , and draws from private and public collections to offer a thorough survey of her work from the late 1990s to the present.
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May 2011
May 2011
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Contemporary Art Monographs
Contemporary Art Monographs
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Vik Muniz Verso
Vik Muniz Verso
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When a cousin of mine told me his seven-year old could paint a Picasso, I told him probably, but he couldn't do the back," writes Brazilian conceptual artist Vik Muniz about his Verso project. The series consists of obsessively faithful three-dimensional trompe l'oeil reproductions--using period hardware in a 1:1 scale--of the backs of such iconic works as Picasso's "Les(...)
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When a cousin of mine told me his seven-year old could paint a Picasso, I told him probably, but he couldn't do the back," writes Brazilian conceptual artist Vik Muniz about his Verso project. The series consists of obsessively faithful three-dimensional trompe l'oeil reproductions--using period hardware in a 1:1 scale--of the backs of such iconic works as Picasso's "Les(...)
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Vik Muniz Verso
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When a cousin of mine told me his seven-year old could paint a Picasso, I told him probably, but he couldn't do the back," writes Brazilian conceptual artist Vik Muniz about his Verso project. The series consists of obsessively faithful three-dimensional trompe l'oeil reproductions--using period hardware in a 1:1 scale--of the backs of such iconic works as Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," van Gogh's "Starry Night" and Seurat's "La Grande Jatte," including every scratch, scribble, label, trace of tape and faded pencil notation found on the original. For six years, Muniz worked in partnership with the curatorial and conservation departments of New York's MOMA and Guggenheim museums, the Art Institute of Chicago and a team of craftsman, artists, forgers and technicians to realize this project. Verso also introduces texts by essayist Luc Sante and MOMA curator Eve Respini.
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When a cousin of mine told me his seven-year old could paint a Picasso, I told him probably, but he couldn't do the back," writes Brazilian conceptual artist Vik Muniz about his Verso project. The series consists of obsessively faithful three-dimensional trompe l'oeil reproductions--using period hardware in a 1:1 scale--of the backs of such iconic works as Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," van Gogh's "Starry Night" and Seurat's "La Grande Jatte," including every scratch, scribble, label, trace of tape and faded pencil notation found on the original. For six years, Muniz worked in partnership with the curatorial and conservation departments of New York's MOMA and Guggenheim museums, the Art Institute of Chicago and a team of craftsman, artists, forgers and technicians to realize this project. Verso also introduces texts by essayist Luc Sante and MOMA curator Eve Respini.
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September 2009
September 2009
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Contemporary Art Monographs
Contemporary Art Monographs
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We all have something in our lives that while not obviously valuable, is displayed as though it were a precious and irreplaceable artifact. Inquire about the object's provenance and you'll likely be treated to a lively anecdote about how it came into your host's possession. Keep digging, and you might even crack the code of what the thing really means. "Taking things(...)
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We all have something in our lives that while not obviously valuable, is displayed as though it were a precious and irreplaceable artifact. Inquire about the object's provenance and you'll likely be treated to a lively anecdote about how it came into your host's possession. Keep digging, and you might even crack the code of what the thing really means. "Taking things(...)
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Taking things seriously : 75 objects with unexpected significance
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We all have something in our lives that while not obviously valuable, is displayed as though it were a precious and irreplaceable artifact. Inquire about the object's provenance and you'll likely be treated to a lively anecdote about how it came into your host's possession. Keep digging, and you might even crack the code of what the thing really means. "Taking things seriously" is a wonder cabinet of seventy-five unlikely thingamajigs that have been invested with significance and transformed into totems, talismans, charms, relics, and fetishes : scraps of movie posters scavenged from the streets of New York by Low Life author Luc Sante; the World War I helmet that inoculated social critic Thomas Frank against jingoism; the trash-picked, robot-shaped hairdo machine described by its owner as a chick magnet; the bagel burned by actor Christopher Walken, moonlighting as a short-order cook. The owners of these objects convey their excitement in short, often poignant essays that invite readers to participate in the enjoyable act of interpreting things. You'll never look at the bric-a-brac on your shelves the same way again.
Taking things seriously : 75 objects with unexpected significance
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We all have something in our lives that while not obviously valuable, is displayed as though it were a precious and irreplaceable artifact. Inquire about the object's provenance and you'll likely be treated to a lively anecdote about how it came into your host's possession. Keep digging, and you might even crack the code of what the thing really means. "Taking things seriously" is a wonder cabinet of seventy-five unlikely thingamajigs that have been invested with significance and transformed into totems, talismans, charms, relics, and fetishes : scraps of movie posters scavenged from the streets of New York by Low Life author Luc Sante; the World War I helmet that inoculated social critic Thomas Frank against jingoism; the trash-picked, robot-shaped hairdo machine described by its owner as a chick magnet; the bagel burned by actor Christopher Walken, moonlighting as a short-order cook. The owners of these objects convey their excitement in short, often poignant essays that invite readers to participate in the enjoyable act of interpreting things. You'll never look at the bric-a-brac on your shelves the same way again.
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October 2007, New York
October 2007, New York
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Industrial Design
Industrial Design
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In 1988, photographer Sandy Sorlien set out on a series of journeys to document the rich architectural heritage that America is losing to the cheap and banal design aesthetic of tract housing, strip malls, and big-box stores. Her eight-year odyssey took her over ninety thousand miles of back roads to every state in the Union in search of homes that reflect and define the(...)
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In 1988, photographer Sandy Sorlien set out on a series of journeys to document the rich architectural heritage that America is losing to the cheap and banal design aesthetic of tract housing, strip malls, and big-box stores. Her eight-year odyssey took her over ninety thousand miles of back roads to every state in the Union in search of homes that reflect and define the(...)
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Fifty houses : images from the American road
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In 1988, photographer Sandy Sorlien set out on a series of journeys to document the rich architectural heritage that America is losing to the cheap and banal design aesthetic of tract housing, strip malls, and big-box stores. Her eight-year odyssey took her over ninety thousand miles of back roads to every state in the Union in search of homes that reflect and define the region in which they stand. After making over a thousand "house portraits," Sorlien has chosen one representative image from each state and collected them in Fifty Houses. Shot with black-and-white infrared film, the homes captured through Sorlien's lens range from the grand to the humble, from the historic to the commonplace. Included here are a classic saltbox in Newtown, Connecticut; the House on the Rocks in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay; a mobile home in Bushnell, Florida; a Stick-style folk Victorian in Biloxi, Mississippi; a limestone cottage in Fredericksburg, Texas; a false-front house in Rollins, Montana; a log cabin in Dubois, Wyoming; an adobe dwelling in Sante Fe, New Mexico; and a platform tent in Healy, Alaska. Each image is accompanied by a vignette from Sorlien's road journal, offering details of the house depicted, its owners and history, other houses in the region, or her travel experiences in the state.
Fifty houses : images from the American road
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In 1988, photographer Sandy Sorlien set out on a series of journeys to document the rich architectural heritage that America is losing to the cheap and banal design aesthetic of tract housing, strip malls, and big-box stores. Her eight-year odyssey took her over ninety thousand miles of back roads to every state in the Union in search of homes that reflect and define the region in which they stand. After making over a thousand "house portraits," Sorlien has chosen one representative image from each state and collected them in Fifty Houses. Shot with black-and-white infrared film, the homes captured through Sorlien's lens range from the grand to the humble, from the historic to the commonplace. Included here are a classic saltbox in Newtown, Connecticut; the House on the Rocks in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay; a mobile home in Bushnell, Florida; a Stick-style folk Victorian in Biloxi, Mississippi; a limestone cottage in Fredericksburg, Texas; a false-front house in Rollins, Montana; a log cabin in Dubois, Wyoming; an adobe dwelling in Sante Fe, New Mexico; and a platform tent in Healy, Alaska. Each image is accompanied by a vignette from Sorlien's road journal, offering details of the house depicted, its owners and history, other houses in the region, or her travel experiences in the state.
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September 2002, Baltimore
September 2002, Baltimore
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History until 1900
History until 1900
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Post, ex, sub and dis - these are but a few of the prefixes that have been used to compose neologisms for describing the contemporary cityscape in Western Europe and North America. Terms such as posturban space, postsuburbia, exurbia, exopolis, suburban downtown and disurbia are part of a dizzying collection of often hotly contested labels. The plethora of neologisms(...)
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Post, ex, sub and dis - these are but a few of the prefixes that have been used to compose neologisms for describing the contemporary cityscape in Western Europe and North America. Terms such as posturban space, postsuburbia, exurbia, exopolis, suburban downtown and disurbia are part of a dizzying collection of often hotly contested labels. The plethora of neologisms(...)
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Post ex sub dis : urban fragmentations and constructions
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Post, ex, sub and dis - these are but a few of the prefixes that have been used to compose neologisms for describing the contemporary cityscape in Western Europe and North America. Terms such as posturban space, postsuburbia, exurbia, exopolis, suburban downtown and disurbia are part of a dizzying collection of often hotly contested labels. The plethora of neologisms demonstrates how difficult it has become to name, map and analyse the contemporary cityscape. To many observers, urban environments and urban society have come to evince a radically chaotic and fragmented structure. This book explores how in recent decades the notion of fragmentation - a mainstay already of reflections on urban modernity - has acquired new meanings and how, within the current decentralized and centrifugal context, the urban landscape is constantly being deconstructed and reconstructed, both materially and discursively. Richly illustrated with works by artists and photographers who have visualized various new kinds of urban fragmentation, the volume brings together a series of essays on spatial, social and cultural issues written by distinguished scholars and practitioners from an unusual variety of disciplines. It will be especially useful to students of urban planning, architecture, sociology, literature and the arts. With text contributions by Aaron Betsky, Sophie Body-Gendrot, Stefano Boeri, Lizabeth Cohen, Rosalyn Deutsche, Bart Eeckhout, Adriaan Geuze, Paul Gilroy, Steven Jacobs, Regine Leibinger, Scott Malcomson, Peter Marcuse, Bruce Robbins, Luc Sante, William Sharpe, Edward W. Soja and Mark Wigley.
Post ex sub dis : urban fragmentations and constructions
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Summary:
Post, ex, sub and dis - these are but a few of the prefixes that have been used to compose neologisms for describing the contemporary cityscape in Western Europe and North America. Terms such as posturban space, postsuburbia, exurbia, exopolis, suburban downtown and disurbia are part of a dizzying collection of often hotly contested labels. The plethora of neologisms demonstrates how difficult it has become to name, map and analyse the contemporary cityscape. To many observers, urban environments and urban society have come to evince a radically chaotic and fragmented structure. This book explores how in recent decades the notion of fragmentation - a mainstay already of reflections on urban modernity - has acquired new meanings and how, within the current decentralized and centrifugal context, the urban landscape is constantly being deconstructed and reconstructed, both materially and discursively. Richly illustrated with works by artists and photographers who have visualized various new kinds of urban fragmentation, the volume brings together a series of essays on spatial, social and cultural issues written by distinguished scholars and practitioners from an unusual variety of disciplines. It will be especially useful to students of urban planning, architecture, sociology, literature and the arts. With text contributions by Aaron Betsky, Sophie Body-Gendrot, Stefano Boeri, Lizabeth Cohen, Rosalyn Deutsche, Bart Eeckhout, Adriaan Geuze, Paul Gilroy, Steven Jacobs, Regine Leibinger, Scott Malcomson, Peter Marcuse, Bruce Robbins, Luc Sante, William Sharpe, Edward W. Soja and Mark Wigley.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
November 2002, Rotterdam
November 2002, Rotterdam
Subject:
Urban Theory
Urban Theory
