| Vera Röhm Contributor(s): Gomringer, Eugen (Author), Bann, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861892640 ISBN-13: 9781861892645 Publisher: Reaktion Books OUR PRICE: $28.71 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2006 Annotation: Both a sculptor and a photographer, German-born Vera Rohm is best known for her unorthodox approach to visual art. Using a repertoire of only elementary geometrical shapes, Rohm's incisions, mutilations, and cross-sections of various materials evoke the very real challenges of restoration and reconstruction. "Vera Rohm "is the first comprehensive collection of this contemporary artist's work to be presented to an English-speaking public. It explores the changing shape of Rohm's art in such installations as "Integrations" and "Shadow Objects," as her photographs of the Jaipur Observatory, and works such as the cube series bearing the inscription "Night is the Earth's Shadow," which form part of a significant corpus of work connected with language. Accompanied by essays from renowned poet and critic Eugen Gomringer and the art historian Stephen Bann, "Vera Rohm" is lavishly illustrated with images from her exhibitions. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - General - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 730.92 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 7.5" W x 9.82" (1.78 lbs) 200 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Both a sculptor and a photographer, German-born Vera R hm is best known for her unorthodox approach to visual art. Using a repertoire of only elementary geometrical shapes, R hm's incisions, mutilations, and cross-sections of various materials evoke the very real challenges of restoration and reconstruction. Vera R hm is the first comprehensive collection of this contemporary artist's work to be presented to an English-speaking public. It explores the changing shape of R hm's art in such installations as Integrations and Shadow Objects, as her photographs of the Jaipur Observatory, and works such as the cube series bearing the inscription "Night is the Earth's Shadow," which form part of a significant corpus of work connected with language. Accompanied by essays from renowned poet and critic Eugen Gomringer and the art historian Stephen Bann, Vera R hm is lavishly illustrated with images from her exhibitions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bann, Stephen: - Stephen Bann, CBE, is professor emeritus of the history of art and a senior research fellow at Bristol University. His recent books include Distinguished Images: Prints in the Visual Economy of Nineteenth-Century France and Stonypath Days: Letters between Ian Hamilton Finlay and Stephen Bann 1970-72. |