The Promise of Photography: The DG Bank Art Collection
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Book Details:
Publisher:Prestel
ISBN:9783791319957
Published Date:16th November 1998
Dimensions:248 X 308 X 32 mm
Weight:2.4229 kilograms
Pages:448
Binding:Hardcover
Illustrations:450 colour and duotone illustrations
Condition:LikeNew
Notes:Like new in like new unclipped dust jacket HB Prestel 1st 1998
Short Description
A collection of one of the largest private photographic collections of our time, owned by Germany's DG Bank. In addition to classical photography, the photographic works of painters and sculptors are included.
Full Description
Some 240 of the most original and important works by 150 artists have been selected from the largest private photographic collections of our time, owned by Germany's DG Bank and are published in this book.. In addition to classical photography, the photographic works of painters and sculptors are the focus of this collection, in which the diverse trends in contemporary art are concentrated and readily identifiable. Artists such as Gerhard Richter, Robert Rauschenberg, Magdalena Jetelov and John Chamberlain have regarded photography as an indispensable supplement to their own pictorial language. However photography is also employed in conjunction with new media by such artists as Anton Corbijn, Valie Export and Marie-Jo Lafontaine. John Baldessari and Barbara Kruger use photography to examine the mass media critically. Examples of digital techniques and conceptual movements complement this collection.