William Ropp: 20 Years of Photography. Text by Prof. John Wood. - Hardcover

Ropp, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3936165513 ISBN 13: 9783936165517

Verlag: edition GALERIE VEVAIS, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

. Ropp’s genius is that he brings the unexpected truth to every subject, and every subject he undertakes is a major one. We’ve known the figures in his photographs for millennia – in our collective unconscious, in dreams, in the face of gods, in fears, temptations, and lusts. They are fundamental and ageless, and they still dominate, torment, and occasionally delight our lives, but we seldom see them in contemporary art. Many of today’s artists have banished or trivialized these subjects and, in effect, turned their backs on us. Life is often beastly, and art can be solace. In giving us the unexpected truth, William Ropp also gives us a revivifying truth. We leave the experience of his work with no false comfort, but the knowledge that our fears are not unique but part of humanity’s ageless, repeating drama. And that has always been the gift of great art.
From the foreword by Prof. John Wood

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: edition GALERIE VEVAIS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3936165513
• ISBN 13: 9783936165517
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Herausgeber: Scholz Alexander, Pijnappel Anneke
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