Viviane Sassen - umbra.
Publisher: Munich : Prestel, 2015Description: 196 pages : illustrations ; 33 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 42696ISBN: 9783791381602 (hbk.) :Other title: UmbraUniform titles: Works. Selections Subject(s): Sassen, Viviane | PhotographyDDC classification: 779 SAS LOC classification: TR655Summary: Based on her award-winning exhibition, this work focuses on a common theme in Viviane Sassen's photographs: shadow. It leads us through a series of thought-provoking takes on the concept - shadow as metaphor for anxiety and desire; as a symbol of both memory and hope for the future; and as an evocation of imagination and illusion.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on an award-winning exhibition, Viviane Sassen's new book focuses on a common theme in her photographs: shadow. In this book she leads us through a series of thought-provoking takes on the concept-shadow as metaphor for anxiety and desire; as a symbol of both memory and hope for the future; and as an evocation of imagination and illusion. Sassen's work is renowned for its deft interplay between realism and abstraction. Here that characteristic emerges in the dramatic use of light, shadow and colour, as well as the adroit cropping of images and interventions on the prints. This lovely book brilliantly accentuates Sassen's contrasting colour schemes to reinforce the idea of shadow creating an enthralling tactile and visual experience.
Based on her award-winning exhibition, this work focuses on a common theme in Viviane Sassen's photographs: shadow. It leads us through a series of thought-provoking takes on the concept - shadow as metaphor for anxiety and desire; as a symbol of both memory and hope for the future; and as an evocation of imagination and illusion.
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Library Journal Review
Accompanying a solo exhibition, this lavishly illustrated, oversized book consists mostly of color reproductions of photos taken by acclaimed photographer Sassen. It explores the common theme of umbra, or shadow, in her works: for the artist, shadow serves as a metaphor for an array of themes and symbols, including anxiety and desire and memory and hope for the future. Her images may be characterized by the interplay between realism and abstraction, dramatic use of light, shadow, and color, as well by croppings and interventions. Set alongside 11 poems by the Dutch writer, poet, and artist Maria Barnas, which similarly examine shadow and may make reference to particular images in Sassen's photographs, this publication lacks other critical documentation and commentary pertaining to the artist's life, works, and career. Devoid of more analytical content, it is almost entirely a visual and poetic presentation pertaining to a particular theme. VERDICT Of interest to photographers, art aficionados, and others, this photobook with poems is recommended for some large public, academic, and special library art book collections.-Cheryl Ann Lajos, Free Lib. of Philadelphia © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.There are no comments on this title.