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Corpus is the first major monograph on the photography of Alejandra Figueroa, introducing the photographer to the North American audience. The fruit of several years' work, this series of black-and-white photographs of statues from the world's greatest museums captures every nuance of flesh and exalts every detail of the human body-proof of the classical beauty of Figueroa's art and her dedication to the sensuality of forms.
This breathtaking collection of sixty-nine quadratone photographs is an invitation to a voyage through past and present, matter and flesh, sacred and profane, life and death, seen through the most subtle and sensuous of lenses. Figueroa's closeup images of sculpted bodies follow in a double tradition: that of great painters, in her skilled framing and lighting, which give every picture the illusion of life; and that of such great photographers as Edward Weston and Manuel Alvarez Bravo.
This breathtaking collection of sixty-nine quadratone photographs is an invitation to a voyage through past and present, matter and flesh, sacred and profane, life and death, seen through the most subtle and sensuous of lenses. Figueroa's closeup images of sculpted bodies follow in a double tradition: that of great painters, in her skilled framing and lighting, which give every picture the illusion of life; and that of such great photographers as Edward Weston and Manuel Alvarez Bravo.
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Alejandra Figueroa was born in Mexico and has lived in Paris since 1992. Her photographs are particularly, although not exclusively, devoted to sculpture. Her highly acclaimed work has appeared in exhibitions and galleries worldwide.
Philippe Sollers is a prolific novelist, writer, and editor. His book Illuminations won the Prix Montaigne in 2003.
Philippe Sollers is a prolific novelist, writer, and editor. His book Illuminations won the Prix Montaigne in 2003.
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This collection of brooding, grainy photographs of statues from the world’s most notable museums offers an excellent introduction to the work of acclaimed Mexican photographer Figueroa. Sixty-nine quadratone photographs reveal the intimate, personal details of these sculpted forms, particularly the beautiful, unique imperfections of the statues’ surface "skin"-details that the museum goer’s cursory glance might easily miss without the aid of Figueroa’s lens. Fans of dramatic black and white body portraiture (the work of Herb Ritts easily comes to mind) may not be as taken with Figueroa’s first major monograph of photography; her work is sensual, but quite subtle, and demands of its audience a certain patience and appreciation for nuance. "Rather than turning living things into stone," Figueroa goes about "bringing stone to life," observes the novelist Sollers, who penned the text’s afterword. In a Pygmalion-like quest, Figueroa revisits long-dormant works of art, reviving them by focusing on the human touch of their makers-the quirks and idiosyncrasies passed from creator to creation. The details that she descries render each statue more haunting and enduring for all its flaws, reaffirming its connection to humanity.
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