Wednesday 2 June 2010

Currently reading looking at the pictures...

Dennis Hopper, one of Hollywood's last great cult figures, is best known for his depiction of social outcasts in films such as "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Apocalypse Now", as well as for directing classic films like "Easy Rider". Hopper has also, however, made a name for himself as an artist and a photographer. His photographic chronicle of America in the 1960s, a decade marked by awakening and rebellion and documented by Hopper in forceful black-and-white pictures, has now become legendary. "A System of Moments", published on the occasion of a major retrospective exhibition at the MAK, Vienna, is a kaleidoscopic documentation of painting, photography, film, and life. It is the first comprehensive publication that takes in to account all of the diverse artistic activities in Hopper's nearly 50-year career, and it examines particularly the subtle connection between genres that is a hallmark of his work. For the first time, recent photographic works, which emerged after a long hiatus from the medium in the 1990s, are also presented. A major retrospective that will be the definitive statement on Hopper's career
 
I picked this up second hand  years ago, unfortunately (for me) it is the German language edition. 
Nonetheless a great collection of Hopper's photographs and artwork.

3 comments:

  1. Also available here apparently, http://www.makcenter.org/MAK_Bookstore.php?section=4# , for $45.00 + 8.25% tax and then postage, but on offer at ebay between $200 and $1000, now to find the money

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  2. 2Paul/
    Man that is about the same price I paid second hand about 5 years ago! If you get a copy we will have to meet up and go thru google translate (unless of course you do speak German)...worth having for the pics alone tho' to be honest. You still got my #? If not contact me and we should catch up...
    Regards/

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  3. PS: Paul/
    More than happy to lend you my copy!
    Regards/

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