Nixon, Nicholas. Nicholas Nixon. Heidelberg, Berlin, Mapfre, Kehrer 2017. 8°. 283 S., 2 Bl. Illustr. OHln.
Mit eigenhändiger Signatur von N.
Nixon auf Vortitel.– „This book accompanies a comprehensive
retrospective based on around 200 photographs by Nicholas Nixon (b. 1947
in Detroit), who has produced one of the most powerful and personal
photographic oeuvres of the past few decades. Nixon expresses himself in
a poetic voice that is unmistakeable and profoundly original,
unaffected by the pressure of contemporary artistic movements and
closely connected to reality and life. He returns to the idea of art as
an account that can be understood, shared and remembered, establishing a
reflexive dialogue and creating a body of work that can trouble us,
arouse desires, encourage thought, and transform us. Nixon’s photographs
can thus be associated with the tradition of documentary photography
with a social focus. At the same time, Nixon’s work offers a remarkable
demonstration of how the traditional tools of photography – a
large-format camera, black and white film and contact sheets – can be
used to venture into previously unexplored artistic territories. The
book offers a chronological survey based on the artist’s most important
series, concluding with the well-known group of the Brown Sisters that
he has created over the past 40 years.“ (Kehrer). – Sehr gutes Exemplar.
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