Willie Doherty. Extracts from a File. 2001. Mint. Neu.

Doherty, Willie, Friedrich Meschede and Hans-Joachim Neubauer:

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Steidl, Göttingen. 2001. First edition, first printing. Mint, new, unread, flawless; still originally shrink-wrapped in plastic foil. Hardback with jacket. 300 x 240 mm. 88 pages. 40 duotone plates. Edited by Friedrich Meschede. Texts: Hans-Joachim Neubauer and Friedrich Meschede/Eva Schmidt. Text in english. Perfect condition! Collector`s copy! "Berlin by night a dark, mysterious and strangely beautiful place depicted by artist Willie Doherty in a remarkable series of black and white photographs made during his recent year-long residency in the city. In Doherty`s nocturnal Berlin there are no recognisable landmarks, no bright city lights or streets bustling with people. What he offers instead are tantalising and intriguing glimpses of light and traces of life in an otherwise pitch black void. Our attention is drawn to dimly illuminated exteriors and the promise of interior spaces from which we are excluded; the glow of a chandelier through partially opened blinds, a gleam reflected in a puddle, shadows cast in empty streets. Doherty`s black and white photographs exist in a world between light and dark where images are transformed by our inability to locate them precisely. The photographs become readable only in relation to our knowledge of other images of post war Berlin and the memory of half-forgotten archival photographs, the blur of old news footage. Extracts from a File represents a Berlin which perhaps never really existed. At once cinematic and atmospheric, these photographs also extend Doherty`s concerns with surveillance and documentation and find echoes in the artist`s earlier work about the conflict in his native Northern Ireland." (from the publisher) Willie Doherty was born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1959, where he now lives and works. He studied at the University of Ulster. Since the mid 1980s he has exhibited his photographs and video installations widely and his work is represented in many public and private collections throughout the world.***************Steidl, 2001. Deutsche Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; noch original-verschweisst in der Plastikfolie des Verlags. Hardback mit Schutzumschlag (nur so erschienen). Hardback mit Schutzumschlag. 300 x 240 mm. 88 Seiten. 40 Duotone Fotos. Editiert von Friedrich Meschede. Texte: Hans-Joachim Neubauer und Friedrich Meschede/Eva Schmidt. Text in englischer Sprache. Perfekter Zustand! Sammler-Exemplar! Mit Aufnahmen des irischen Fotografen Willie Doherty (geb. 1959), die er während seiner nächtlichen Streifzüge durch Berlin, in seiner Zeit als DAAD-Stipendiat, machte. Mit einem Beitrag von Hans-Joachim Neubauer ("Die Katze der Geschichte: Willie Dohertys Berliner Fotos"). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

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• Title: Willie Doherty. Extracts from a File. 2001. Mint. Neu.
• Language: English
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Wie neu
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1600 grams
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