Andreas Gursky

Written By: Beate Sontgen,Nina Zimmer,Andreas Gursky

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Famed worldwide for his epically-proportioned photographs, Andreas Gursky is one of very few contemporary artists able to represent cultures of excessive information--which he does through images of supermarket wares, crowds, trash, architecture and nature. The extreme detail of Gursky's final image--achieved by digital restructuring--produces a vertiginous effect on the viewer, as it oscillates between total representation and total abstraction. It could be said that Gursky updates the eighteenth-century sublime for our times.
This publication surveys the artist's most recent creations, on display at the renowned Kunstmuseum Basel throughout the winter of 2007/2008. Two new groups of works in particular, one on Formula One races and the other on the famous Arirang Festival (a closely-choreographed mass spectacle in North Korea's capital of Pyongyang), are gathered here.

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Reproductions don't do his work justice

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I haven't read the accompanying text yet, but if you've seen Gursky's work these reproductions don't do any justice to his work. I don't believe it's simply that the images can't be reproduced accurately, because an exhibition catalogue from a number of years ago was wonderful. I would skip this book if you're interested mostly in looking at the photos.

Nicely produced

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Gursky is a clever photographer who appears to be studying either the human condition or the nature of human irrelevance and anonymity - difficult to say. This book, wrtten in both English and German and emanating from an exhibition in Basel, goes only part way to examining his way of working, but spends more time on the influences on and philosophy of Gursky's work. As a photographer myself, I was disappointed that very little space was given to how Gursky actually constructs his amazing pieces. But maybe that's why it's art and not science?

It's very good selection book for Gursky.

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This book included some good photos of Gursky.
Also having a detail explanation and script fro Gursky's work.

Beautiful pictures

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The pictures are jaw dropping. Exquisite. Incredible. Six stars pictures.. The most important thing to me is that his photography is SUCH that I turn pages very very slowly... Each picture contains majestic details... such a level of detail in each photo is what makes his photo craft so unique...

However, there are too few pictures and many pages devoted to words and words... essays that ramble on art, pictures and blabla... I mean, I love words, i love books, but this, to me, misses the point of a book tha's mean for beautiful pictures...

That's it...

Andreas Gursky

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This is a fairly inexpensive way to acquire one of Andreas Gursky's books. Most of his other books are fairly expensive and seem to be increasing in value. The quality of the images is excellent and the only issue I have with the book is the size of the offerings. If you have ever seen one of Gursky's images in the flesh you will quickly realize that this book only hints at what his prints really look like. But an oversized book would have been more costly and even then would not have approached the scale that Gursky prefers. All in all, I would recommend purchasing this book which is something that I have obviously done.

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Product Details Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9783775720199
Feature: ISBN13: 9783775720199
ISBN: 3775720197
Label: Hatje Cantz
Manufacturer: Hatje Cantz
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Release Date: 2008-02-01
Studio: Hatje Cantz

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Andreas Gursky

Reproductions don't do his work justice

Nicely produced

It's very good selection book for Gursky.

Beautiful pictures

Andreas Gursky