Piotr Uklanski: Real Nazis

Uklanski, Piotr

ISBN 10: 390680352X / ISBN 13: 9783906803524

Published by Edition Patrick Frey, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Piotr Uklanski: Real Nazis
• Publisher: Edition Patrick Frey
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 390680352X
• ISBN 13: 9783906803524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

In the fall of 1999, Edition Patrick Frey published Piotr Uklanski's artist book, The Nazis, which quickly went out of print and became a highly coveted cult book. Whereas The Nazis collected stills of actors playing Nazis in various Hollywood movies, Uklanksi's new book, Real Nazis, juxtaposes them with the real thing: Nazi party bigwigs, decorated "war heroes" and war criminals. Painstakingly culled from a variety of archives, this follow-up compilation superimposes fact upon fiction: the stagey, propagandistic imagery of the Third Reich is mixed in with the Nazi iconography of Hollywood, revealing an uncanny, even spooky, resemblance between the play-acting and real-life exponents of evil. Designed with the same format and production values as its predecessor, Real Nazis asks who are the "real" Nazis in this picture puzzle? What is a bona fide Nazi? Which pictures are "real" and which are "fake?" This hall of mirrors serves as a radical commentary on our alarming current condition, in which the lines between populist and fascistic politics are increasingly blurring. Then as now, "Beneath all the insignia and accoutrements of evil lurks the iconography of media kitsch and ridicule. It's all about the power of costumes and the costumes of power, about the glamour of evil, the glistening shine of fake medals made of fake gold."

About the Author

Piotr Uklanski (né en 1968 à Varsovie) a émergé sur la scène artistique new-yorkaise au milieu des années 1990 grâce à une œuvre emblématique, The Dance Floor (La Piste de Danse), qui intègre simultanément le legs du minimalisme et le flou de l'art et du divertissement qui caractérise l'époque actuelle. Tantôt à New York, tantôt à Varsovie ou à Paris, Uklanski a fabriqué un corpus de travaux éclectiques qui exploite plusieurs types de supports (sculpture, photographie, collage, performance et vidéo) tout en intégrant confusément des références culturelles. Son œuvre a été exposée dans divers contextes internationaux dont la Biennale de Venise en 2003, le Musée d'Art Contemporain de New York, Manifesta 2, le musée Ludwig à Cologne, la Biennale de Sao Paolo en 2004, la Kunsthalle à Bâle, etc.