Typologien: Photography in 20th-Century Germany
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Author: Pfeffer, Susanne
Following the eponymous exhibition at Fondazione Prada, 'Typologien: Photography in 20th-Century Germany' offers a comprehensive survey of the last century of German photography in print. The curation employs the principle of “typology,” or the categorisation of instances or objects into neat categories for easy comparison (a product of 17th- and 18th-century German philosophy). Includes work from Sigmar Polke, Isa Genzken, Thomas Ruff and Wolfgang Tillmans, and many others.Despite sounding rigid and scientific, the compartmentalised photographs allow for fluid and original connections across works delineated not by chronology but by type. The book’s highly categorised organisation bridges different artistic practices, now united by a common intention toward classification, affirming the equivalence of images and the absence of any hierarchy in terms of represented subjects, themes, genres or sources.
ISBN 9788887029932. Fondazione Prada. pb. 320 pages. 384 colour ills. 27.9 x 21 cm.
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Following the eponymous exhibition at Fondazione Prada, 'Typologien: Photography in 20th-Century Germany' offers a comprehensive survey of the last century of German photography in print. The curation employs the principle of “typology,” or the categorisation of instances or objects into neat categories for easy comparison (a product of 17th- and 18th-century German philosophy). Includes work from Sigmar Polke, Isa Genzken, Thomas Ruff and Wolfgang Tillmans, and many others.Despite sounding rigid and scientific, the compartmentalised photographs allow for fluid and original connections across works delineated not by chronology but by type. The book’s highly categorised organisation bridges different artistic practices, now united by a common intention toward classification, affirming the equivalence of images and the absence of any hierarchy in terms of represented subjects, themes, genres or sources.
ISBN 9788887029932. Fondazione Prada. pb. 320 pages. 384 colour ills. 27.9 x 21 cm.
available