Cityscape: The Book (Inscribed First Edition)

QUINZE, Arne and Max Borka (Photography Thierry van Dort and Lionel Samain)

ISBN 10: 3899552032 / ISBN 13: 9783899552034

Published by Gestalten Verlag, 2008

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Berlin, Verlag, 2007. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very Fine/issued without jacket. A tight clean copy. SIGNED BY ARNE QUINZE on title page and inscribed to prior owner in 2008. Text in English. Cityscape is a colossal wooden sculpture in Brussels' Quartier Louise. With it, the Belgian artist and designer Arne Quinze has shown how creative visions at the intersection of architecture, art, design and urban planning can make a social and structural impact. A sculpture that appears to float in the air, Cityscape was built in just twenty days out of more than 60 kilometers of wooden beams and 240,000 nails. Arne Quinze is a Belgian contemporary artist, painter and sculptor. His work involves everything from small drawings and paintings, medium-sized sculptures to massive installations. Quinze was born in Belgium in 1971 and currently lives and works in Sint-Martens-Latem, a town near the Belgian city of Ghent. His early career in the 1980s was as a graffiti artist. Ferry-ART.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cityscape: The Book (Inscribed First Edition)
• Publisher: Gestalten Verlag
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3899552032
• ISBN 13: 9783899552034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

Cityscape is a colossal wooden sculpture in Brussels’ Quartier Louise. With it, the artist and designer Arne Quinze has shown how creative visions at the intersection of architecture, art, design and urban planning can make a social and structural impact on their surroundings. The book Cityscape presents the ambitious artwork in all of its facets. In addition to compelling photographs of both the construction process and the finished structure, it includes illuminating essays that describe how the project was developed and has been received.