CRISPIN GURHOLT - LIVE PHOTO VOLUME II

Gurholt, Crispin (edited by Selene Wendt)

ISBN 10: 885720264X / ISBN 13: 9788857202648

Published by Skira, Milano, Italy, 2009

About this Item

Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Seller Inventory # 011355

Bibliographic Details

• Title: CRISPIN GURHOLT - LIVE PHOTO VOLUME II
• Publisher: Skira, Milano, Italy
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 885720264X
• ISBN 13: 9788857202648
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Color photographs
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • 000000
  • 111111
  • Retain
  • B025

About this title

Synopsis

The first monograph on Crispin Gurholt, one of Norway's most prolific and interesting contemporary artists. Gurholt, born 1965 in Oslo where he lives and works, studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Art and at the New York University/Film School SCE. With a background in the film industry--he works as a film and music video director in addition to his artistic practice--Gurholt works with professional specialists in relevant fields, including models, lighting technicians, stylists and special-effects technicians. He has found a method that mixes our understanding of the film medium, the photograph, and relational art's involvement with the public, with symbolism and formal composition borrowed from classical painting. All the main phases of Crispin Gurholt's highly personal style are retraced here from the first tableaux vivant to his last video production, concert performances, and live photo site-specific installation. The monograph is also the catalogue of a 2010 exhibition at The Stenersen Museum in Oslo, Norway.

About the Author

Selene Wendt is an art historian, independent curator, and founder of The Global Art Project. She has written and edited numerous books including The Storytellers: Narratives in International Contemporary Art (Skira), Fresh Paint (Edizione Charta), When a Painting Moves...Something Must be Rotten! (Edizione Charta) (co-edited with Paco Barragán), Crispin Gurholt Live Photo II (Skira) and Marianne Heske +/o (Skira). She has curated many international exhibitions with accompanying catalogues for each exhibition, including Farhad Kalantary A New Beginning, Siri Hermansen Bipolar Horizon, Bjørn Opsahl Ask the Dust, Abbas Kiarostami Shadows in the Snow, Magne Furuholmen Payne's Gray, Daniele Buetti Will Beauty Save the World, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons Mil Maneras Para Decir Adios, Liza Lou Leaves of Glass, Ghada Amer Reading Between the Threads and Shirin Neshat Beyond Orientalism. She has also curated large-scale thematic group exhibitions such as The Storytellers: Narratives in International Contemporary Art, Beauty and Pleasure in South African Contemporary Art, co-curated with Khwezi Gule, Equatorial Rhythms, which featured visual artists whose works are influenced by music, A Doll's House, which included artists whose works are influenced by doll symbolism, Art Through the Eye of the Needle, which addressed the breakdown of barriers between art and fashion and Postcards from Cuba: A Selection from the Eighth Havanna Biennal. She regularly contributes essays and articles for journals and publications around the world.