Edited by Susanne Pfeffer. Foreword by Hortensia Völckers.
Israeli artist Absalon (1964-1993) built large white geometric sculptures that began as plain renderings of basic forms--rectangles, squares, triangles, circles--and developed into shapes resembling machine parts, eventually becoming contemplative dwelling units. This volume constitutes a catalogue raisonné of his works.
Releasing this week is one of the Fall catalogue’s more intriguingly designed monographs: the first overview of the Israeli artist Absalon. Housed in plain white paper-over-board covers, it is comprised of two bound sections of differing heights, the back of which is glued to the interior rear card cover, in a spin on the ‘monograph as dossier’ format. Absalon built a considerable ouevre during his sadly brief life (he died in 1993 at the age of 28), and this austerely designed volume effectively constitutes an Absalon catalogue raisonné. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 9 x 12 in. / 352 pgs / illustrated throughout. LIST PRICE: U.S. $65.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $87 ISBN: 9783865609526 PUBLISHER: Walther König, Köln AVAILABLE: 6/30/2011 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR
Published by Walther König, Köln. Edited by Susanne Pfeffer. Foreword by Hortensia Völckers.
Israeli artist Absalon (1964-1993) built large white geometric sculptures that began as plain renderings of basic forms--rectangles, squares, triangles, circles--and developed into shapes resembling machine parts, eventually becoming contemplative dwelling units. This volume constitutes a catalogue raisonné of his works.
