{"product_id":"rosamond-purcell-nature-stands-aside-hardcover","title":"Rosamond Purcell: Nature Stands Aside - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon Wilkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Dion\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristoph Irmscher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive book in more than twenty years of the artist's haunting and textural photographic work, published to accompany a major retrospective at the Addison Gallery of American Art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA definitive monograph to accompany the first museum survey of the renowned photographer and conceptual artist Rosamond Purcell (b. 1942), known for her strangely beautiful, often unsettling photographs of objects from the natural and man-made world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith more than 150 illustrations, the book reflects the breadth of the artist's career from the late 1960s to the present day, and includes photographs, assemblages, collages, and installations that serve to illuminate and explore the shifting boundaries between art and science. From large-format Polaroid prints to objects rescued from obscurity, Purcell's empathetic, evocative, multifaceted work explores the interstices between the unsettling and the sublime, the beautiful and the bizarre, the natural and the manufactured. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith thoughtful and insightful texts from an eclectic list of critical voices--including the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Errol Morris and the writer Christoph Irmscher--and featuring an interview between Purcell and fellow contemporary artist Mark Dion, this book rejuvenates the critical approach Purcell's work and brings to light the evolution of a remarkable career.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon Wilkins \u003c\/b\u003eis the Robert M. Walker Associate Curator of American Art at the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, Andover\u003cb\u003e. Mark Dion \u003c\/b\u003eis an American conceptual artist living and working in New York. \u003cb\u003eChristoph Irmscher \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and biographer, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e, with photographs by Rosamond Purcell. \u003cb\u003eErrol Morris\u003c\/b\u003e is an Academy Award-winning American documentary filmmaker. \u003cb\u003eBelinda Rathbone\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, historian, and critic of photography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 11.7 x 10.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765893366048,"sku":"9780847872282","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab76c60765ee1e439c1064a22884dfc1.webp?v=1780282404","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rosamond-purcell-nature-stands-aside-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}