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Item Number: 131181
Title: MATHIAS KESSLER : Nowhere to Be Found
Author: Berg, Stephan (et al)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9783775738231
Description: Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 2015. 29cm., hardcover, 300pp., 150 illus. German-English text. Summary: The work of Mathias Kessler (*1968) critiques and reimagines the contemporary concept of nature. Quoting from art history, philosophy and eco-political debates, Kessler restages representations of natural processes with humor and gravitas. Romantic painting, land art and digital renderings compete and collide in order to unhinge familiar oppositions: nature/culture; representation/experience; ideology/aesthetics. For instance, Arctic icebergs dramatized by cinematic lighting techniques become empty Hollywood sets; a human skull embedded with live corals flourishes as it decays; a miniature reproduction of an art historical relic, housed within a beer fridge, creates a social sculpture and site for reflection and interaction. Kessler’s contribution to current utopian and dystopian debates is at once intelligent, grave, comic and visually stunning. (^Forthcoming^)
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