| Robert Cumming: The Difficulties of Nonsense Contributor(s): Cumming, Robert (Photographer), Gachot, Sarah Bay (Editor), Gachot, Sarah Bay (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 159711300X ISBN-13: 9781597113007 Publisher: Aperture OUR PRICE: $58.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - Monographs - Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General |
| Dewey: 779.092 |
| LCCN: 2015914198 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.1" W x 10.5" (2.75 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1970s, from his base in Los Angeles, artist Robert Cumming (born 1943) made functional-looking but ultimately useless constructions, created primarily to be photographed with his 8 x 10 camera. Playing with props, proportions, unusual angles, light and mirrors, Cumming invited viewers to look in--and then to look again, second-guessing what they saw. The Difficulties of Nonsense is the first comprehensive publication to survey Cumming's significant series of conceptual black-and-white and color photographs from the 1970s, now a touchstone for contemporary artists, and focus on the artist's fascination with illusion and trickery. With an essay by Sarah Bay Gachot and an interview by David Campany, this monograph pays homage to a time when Cumming, and many in the photographic community, worked to playfully push the boundaries of photography and narrative. |
Contributor Bio(s): Campany, David: - David Campany is one of the best-known and most accessible writers on photography. His books include A Handful of Dust (2015), The Open Road (Aperture, 2014), Walker Evans: The Magazine Work (2013), Jeff Wall: Picture for Women (2011), Photography and Cinema (2008), and Art and Photography (2003). His essays have appeared in numerous books and he contributes regularly to Aperture, Frieze, Photoworks, and Oxford Art Journal. |