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John Stezaker

Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith

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This exhibition catalog from Stezaker's recent show in London
includes eighteen collages that focus on the British artist's fascination
with the hidden face. As the artist explains it, the masks are -a way of
negotiating a threshold between the living and the dead, which in a
way is what I think all art is trying to do, it's trying to reanimate the
dead. By meticulously placing found vintage postcard images of
landscapes and animal life over the features of little-known actors
from Hollywood's golden era, Stezaker creates new, almost shocking,
images filled with imagined narrative possibilities. Extensive essay by
Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith.

Pages: 53

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ridinghouse

Release: May 01, 2008

ISBN: 1905464118

ISBN 13: 9781905464111

John Stezaker

Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith

4/5 ( ratings)

This exhibition catalog from Stezaker's recent show in London
includes eighteen collages that focus on the British artist's fascination
with the hidden face. As the artist explains it, the masks are -a way of
negotiating a threshold between the living and the dead, which in a
way is what I think all art is trying to do, it's trying to reanimate the
dead. By meticulously placing found vintage postcard images of
landscapes and animal life over the features of little-known actors
from Hollywood's golden era, Stezaker creates new, almost shocking,
images filled with imagined narrative possibilities. Extensive essay by
Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith.

Pages: 53

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ridinghouse

Release: May 01, 2008

ISBN: 1905464118

ISBN 13: 9781905464111

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