John Stezaker - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905464339 ISBN 13: 9781905464333

Publisher: Ridinghouse; Whitechapel Gallery, 2011

Synopsis

Spanning more than three decades, this richly illustrated monograph demonstrates John Stezaker’s engagement with the ceaseless flow of images resulting from mechanical reproduction, mass media and popular culture.
His intervention into these images through collage, excision, reconfiguration, inversion or occlusion can be seen to interrupt their everyday circulation in a profound way: image and perception alike are questioned, rearranged and opened to new possibilities. Through their transformation Stezaker’s images acquire poetic resonance, and, in many cases, a disquieting allure.
With over 120 illustrations, this monograph presents the first overview of John Stezaker’s work on paper from the 1970s onwards, featuring his found images, collages, image fragments and a selection from 'The 3rd Person Archive' series.
Essays by Dawn Ades and Michael Bracewell, as well as a conversation between the artist and curators Daniel F. Herrmann and Christophe Gallois, place Stezaker’s work in a historical context and analyse his methodology.

About this title

About the Author:

John Stezaker (b. 1949) has been highly influential in key artistic developments of the last three decades, from Conceptual art to Appropriation art through to the reemergence of collage. Initially a leading figure of the British Conceptual art group, his interests soon gave way to a long-term fascination with the image. Using found photographs and printed material, Stezaker's collages involve various interventions such as excisions, maskings, cuts, rotations and visual concordances. Juxtaposing disparate sources, his work creates compelling new images.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ridinghouse; Whitechapel Gallery
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1905464339
• ISBN 13: 9781905464333
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224