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George Byrne. Post Truth
(Vorzugsausgabe), Fotografie
ISBN/EAN: 9783775753326
Umbreit-Nr.: 5264755
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 144 S., 68 Fotos
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 02.05.2022
Auflage: 1/2022
- Zusatztext
- Turning what architect Rem Koolhaas famously referred to as junkspacethe spatial flotsam of the Anthropoceneinto candy-coloured dreamscapes, George Byrne depicts the gritty urbanism of Los Angeles in sublime otherworldliness. Arriving a decade ago, the Australian artist was immediately enthralled by the sprawling cityscape, mesmerized by the way the sunlight transformed it into two-dimensional, almost painterly abstractions, underpinned by a distinctive pastel color palette. Extending his practice beyond the confines of the lens by extracting elements from various images, his series Post Truth dwells in the liminal space between the real and the imagined. Reassembling the urban landscape into striking collages, Byrne creates postmodernist oases in the metropolis that masterfully harness the malleability of the photographic medium. His compositions evoke associations with the Memphis Groups designs, as well as the work of David Hockney or Ed Ruscha, while tapping into the specific aesthetics of todays visual culture as played out on Instagram. Filled with a sense of suspended reality, they never fail to convey a feeling of joy. This limited special edition of 50 copies includes an original print. Born in Sydney in 1976, GEORGE BYRNE graduated from Sydney College of the Arts in 2001, and traveled extensively before settling in Los Angeles in 2010. Today, he is internationally recognized for his large-scale photographs shot with medium-format film. Byrne has exhibited internationally, and was named the Minimalist Photographer of the Year in 2020.
- Kurztext
- Candy-colored dreamscapes Architecture meets abstraction Postmodern oases in the metropolis
- Autorenportrait
- GEORGE BYRNE (*1976, Sydney), machte 2001 seinen Abschluss am Sydney College of the Arts und reiste viel, bevor er sich 2010 in Los Angeles niederließ. Heute ist er bekannt für seine großformatigen, mit Mittelformat-Filmkameras aufgenommenen Fotografien. Byrne hat international ausgestellt, 2020 erhielt er den Preis als »Minimalist Photographer of the Year«.
- Schlagzeile
- Abstract architecture in pastel