Olivo Barbieri by Olivo Barbieri
Offers documentation, by a thrilling image-maker, of twenty-five cities throughout the world. This book features Barbieri's city-by-city commentary.
When it comes to capturing the distinct flavour of a city, no one does it quite like Olivo Barbieri– Wallpaper Playing with notions of positive and negative space, Barbieri isolates buildings to raise questions about how cities are planned and the building’s role in the urban context. – The New York Times Barbieri’s work is a reminder that photography can play a critical role in our understanding of architecture and urban environments. – The New York Times Site Specific is a stomach-twisting tour of familiar landscapes with references to modern art history – Wired
Olivo Barbieri is a key figure in Italian contemporary art who has been featured several times at the Venice Biennale. His work has been exhibited at institutions, including the Hayward Gallery, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; and Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MART), Rovereto, Italy. His photographs and films are in the collections of the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; International Center of Photography, New York; and Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAM), Turin, Italy. His work has been widely published; monographs of Barbieri’s photographs include The Dolomites Project (2011) and The Waterfall Project (2008). Olivo Barbieri is a key figure in Italian contemporary art who has been featured several times at the Venice Biennale. His work has been exhibited at institutions, including the Hayward Gallery, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; and Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MART), Rovereto, Italy. His photographs and films are in the collections of the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; International Center of Photography, New York; and Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAM), Turin, Italy. His work has been widely published; monographs of Barbieri’s photographs include The Dolomites Project (2011) and The Waterfall Project (2008). Christopher Phillips is curator at the International Center if Photography in New York and is a widely published critic and photography historian. Previously senior editor at Art in America, Phillips has written many books, including The New Vision: Photography Between the World Wars (1989) and, with Wu Hang, Between Past and Future: new Photography and Video from China (2004).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781597112291 |
| Title | Olivo Barbieri |
| Author | Olivo Barbieri |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Aperture |
| Year published | 2013-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 184 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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