Uta Barth (Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series) - Softcover

Matthew Higgs; Pamela M. Lee; Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714841536 ISBN 13: 9780714841533

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2004

Synopsis

Uta Barth's photographs take the opposite approach to the Dusseldorf school of photographers, recording her subjects in objective archival detail, while natural environments are often out of focus, perversely cropped and empty of any foreground subject.

About this title

About the Author:

Pamela M Lee is Associate Professor of Art History at Stanford University, California, and author of Object to Be Destroyed: The Work of Gordon Matta-Clark (2000) and Chronophobia: On Time in the Art of the 1960s (2004), both published by MIT Press. Her writings have appeared in art journals such as October, Artforum and Parkett. Matthew Higgs is a British artist, writer and curator now based in New York, where he is Curator and Director of White Columns. Some of the exhibitions he has organized include 'The Early Show', White Columns (2006); 'To Whom It May Concern', CCA Wattis Instute for the Arts, San Francisco (2002); 'Protest & Survive', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2000) and 'British Art Show 5', which toured the UK in 2000. Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe is Chair of the MFA programme at the Art Center, Pasadena, and has contributed to such journals as Bomb, Critical Inquiry and Parkett. His books include Beyond Piety (1995), Beauty and the Contemporary Sublime (2000) and Frank Gehry: The City and Music (with Frank Gehry, 2001).

Review:

On the Contemporary Artists Series "The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about."-Artforum "The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art."-Time Out "A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists."-The Sunday Times "Gives the reader the impression of a personal encounter with the artists. Apart from the writing which is lucid and illuminating, it is undoubtedly the wealth of lavish illustrations which makes looking at these books a satisfying entertainment."-The Art Book

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0714841536
• ISBN 13: 9780714841533
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 160