Background information
"The definition of the photo book is as broad as that of photography itself: from handmade one-offs to smaller and larger editions, from self-publishing and zines to rare, elaborately designed and bound editions. In its current exhibition, the GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst is showing a selection of 45 photo books by national and international photo artists* from recent decades with a focus on unusual concepts, designs and forms of presentation. The interplay of photography, material, cover, form, and format offers endless possibilities for experimentation and demonstrates the potential of the photo book as an artistic medium.This present photo book compendium, 'Photo Books. Art Page by Page', is the catalog for the exhibition. It features 172 pages including fold-out pages and a cover made of wood with laser engraving and thread-stitched.
Content
Remarkably designed for a compendium, the volume 'Photobooks. Art Page by Page' presents a selection of international photo books from recent decades, focusing on the photo book as an art object and as a medium for storytelling. The interplay of photography, material, cover, form and format offers many opportunities for experimentation and demonstrates the potential of the photo book as an artistic medium in its own right.On display will be photo books by: Milou ABEL, AM Projects, Arianna ARCARA & Luca SANTESE, Israel ARIÑO, Mathieu ASSELIN, Eden BERNAL, Goran BERTOK, Julia BORISSOVA, Simon BRUGNER, Alexandra CATIERE, Alexine CHANEL, Paul CUPIDO, Peter DEKENS, Rana El Nemr, Claudia ESCHBORN, Andreas FREI, Florian GLAUBITZ, Ivars GRAVLEIS, Lucy HELTON, Carina HESPER, Martina HOOGLAND IVANOW, Ng Hui HSIEN, Oreo JUNG MIN CHO, Hajime KIMURA, Katrin KOENNING & Sarker PROTICK, Birgit KRAUSE, Anouk KRUITHOF, Melissa LAZUKA, Anais LOPEZ, Marco MARZOCCHI, Palíndromo Mészáros, Cristina de MIDDEL, Rafal MILACH, Tito MOURAZ, Jin OHASHI, Kosuke OKAHARA, Agnes Prammer & Johann Schiswohl, Robert PUFLEB & Nadine SCHLIEPER, Thomas SAUVIN, Dayanita SINGH, Inofficial Pictures, Olaf UNVERZART, Bruno van den Elshout, Sergej VUTUC, Xiaoxiao XU
With essays in German / English by Jörg Colberg, Silvia Gaetti as well as by Calin Kruse.
Included photo books of the participating photo artists
- ABEL, Milou - Ik Ben Jou
ARCARA, Arianna & Luca SANTESE - Found Photos in Detroit
ARIÑO, Israel - La Gravetat Del Lloc
ASSELIN, Mathieu - Monsanto. a Photographic Investigation
BERNAL, Eden - Exilios
BERTOK, Goran - Requiem
BORISSOVA, Julia - Let Me Fall Again
BRUGNER, Simon - The Arsenic Eaters
CATIERE, Alexandra - Behind the Glass
CHANEL, Alexine - In Other People's Bathrooms
CUPIDO, Paul - Mukayu
DEKENS, Peter - Touch
EL NEMR, Rana - A Group of Eenbes Tell
ELSHOUT, Bruno van den - New Horizons
ESCHBORN, Claudia - 1520/21
FREI, Andreas - Hab Acht
GLAUBITZ, Florian - Chor
GRAVLEIS, Ivars - Useful Advice for Photographers
HELTON, Lucy - Transmission
HESPER, Carina - Like a Pearl in my Hand
HOOGLAND IVANOW, Martina - Speedway
HSIEN, Ng Hui - The Weight of Air
JUNG MIN CHO, Oreo - The Dot
KIMURA, Hajime - Snow Flakes Dog Man
KOENNING, Katrin & Sarker PROTICK - Astres Noirs
KRAUSE, Birgit - Planetes
KRUITHOF, Anouk - Universal Tongue
LAZUKA, Melissa - Fly Away
LOPEZ, Anais - The Migrant
MARZOCCHI, Marco - Oyster
MÉSZÁROS, Palíndromo - The Line
MIDDEL, Cristina de - The Afronauts
MILACH, Rafal - The First March of Gentlemen
MOURAZ, Tito - Open Space Office
OHASHI, Jin - Surrendered Myself to the Chair of Life
OKAHARA, Kosuke - Vanishing Existence
PRAMMER, Agnes & Johann SHISWOHL - Totes Gebirge
Robert PUFLEB & Nadine SCHLIEPER - Alternative Moons
RUSCHA, Ed - Twentysix Gasoline Stations
SINGH, Dayanita - Museum Bhavan
SAUVIN, Thomas - Until Death Do Us Part
UNVERZART, Olaf - Leichtes Gepäck
VUTUC, Sergej - No Skateboarding permitted
XU, Xiaoxiao - Aeronautics in the Backyard
Photo books of these designers
NALECKA-MILACH, AniaVAN DER HEIJDEN, Teun