Amelunxen, Hubertus von.; Esser, Elger
Elger Esser: Eigenzeit
Munchen, Schirmer / Mosel, 2009. Hardcover. Hardcover Quarto with pictorial boards. No jacket as issued. 179 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. German & English Language.The photographs of Elger Esser act like a déjà vu: his magic pictures of riverscapes, bridges, villages, and seacoasts awaken vague memories, even if we have never visited any of the places photographed. Consciously drawing on Marcel Proust, the Stuttgart-born artist (b.1967). Esser thus defies in his choice of photographic techniques: he presented his most recently produced heliogravures, an almost forgotten technique from the nineteenth century, for the first time at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and subsequently at the Museum for Modern Art Arnhem. This first large survey exhibition is fifty large-format works by the artist. Additionally at the beginning of the Duke Collection. Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Dusseldorf Academy of Arts Elger Esser is one of the most important German photographers today.--Gallery website. VG-, Minimally marked Ex art library. Light scuffing at base of spine and lighter shelfwear.

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