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Paul Graham
Carol Squiers
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Description for Paul Graham
Paperback. The most complete book on the acclaimed British photographer. Num Pages: 160 pages. Dimension: 290 x 254 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1012.
The ecstatic face of a disco dancer in Berlin; a rural panorama in Derry, where a country road has been made into a Pollock-like canvas of red, white and blue; an ashtray, framed by a lacy spray of blood in a Barcelona toilet. Paul Graham uses and abuses classic genres of photography - the portrait, the landscape, the still life - to map a cultural topography. His jewel-like colours and unsettling compositions reveal how social relations and political trauma are inscribed in the everyday. This book brings together for the first time all of Graham's successive series, from his journey ... Read more
The ecstatic face of a disco dancer in Berlin; a rural panorama in Derry, where a country road has been made into a Pollock-like canvas of red, white and blue; an ashtray, framed by a lacy spray of blood in a Barcelona toilet. Paul Graham uses and abuses classic genres of photography - the portrait, the landscape, the still life - to map a cultural topography. His jewel-like colours and unsettling compositions reveal how social relations and political trauma are inscribed in the everyday. This book brings together for the first time all of Graham's successive series, from his journey ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Series
Contemporary Artists Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714835501
SKU
V9780714835501
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Carol Squiers
Andrew Wilson is an art historian, critic and curator living in London. He has been a regular contributor to Art Monthly since 1991 and Deputy Editor since 1997. Gillian Wearing is an artist living in London. Winner of the 1997 Turner Prize, Wearing is internationally known for her video and photography based work. She is the subject of a ... Read more
Reviews for Paul Graham
"The perfect composition and intense colour of Graham's photographs create a social and cultural map for our times."—Marie Claire "Phaidon's new volume capably summarizes Graham's career and analyses his creative strategies in intelligent and lucid essays."—Hot Shoe International On the Contemporary Artists Series "The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary ... Read more