"In the early 1950s, Robert Frank pioneered an original and sophisticated way of looking at the world--with uncompromising clarity and honesty--that has dominated the art of photography ever since. This beautifully designed and printed monograph is being published in association with Frank's major retrospective at the National Gallery of Art. 145 tritones. 15 color plates. 12 duotone illustrations."
"René Mächler (*1936) hat sich als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der Konkreten Fotografie international einen Namen gemacht. Obwohl die konkrete Fotografie vor allem in ihrer Beziehung zur Kunst der Moderne immer wieder Beachtung findet, dringt sie als eigenständige künstlerische Richtung der Fotografie nur langsam ins öffentliche Bewusstsein. René Mächlers Werk ist - angesichts des heute immer beliebigeren und unverbindlicheren digi ..."
"In the early 1950s, Robert Frank pioneered an original and sophisticated way of looking at the world--with uncompromising clarity and honesty--that has dominated the art of photography ever since. This beautifully designed and printed monograph is being published in association with Frank's major retrospective at the National Gallery of Art. 145 tritones. 15 color plates. 12 duotone illustrations."
Christian Vogt The Longer I Look by Christian Vogt, MartinGasser Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2017 by Scheidegger And Spiess ISBN-13: 978-3-85881-791-4, ISBN: 3-85881-791-0
"Christian Vogt is one of Switzerland's most important contemporary artists. For nearly fifty years, he has engaged in a complex dialogue with his central medium of expression--photography--rendering a new image language that puts him ahead of his time. Each image is a projection that invites many different reactions depending on the viewer, making each photograph an exploration of vision. The first book to focus solely on Vogt's work, ..."
"First published in France in 1958, then in the United States in 1959, Robert Frank's The Americans changed the course of twentieth-century photography. In 83 photographs, Frank looked beneath the surface of American life to reveal a people plagued by racism, ill-served by their politicians and rendered numb by a rapidly expanding culture of consumption. Yet he also found novel areas of beauty in simple, overlooked corners of American li ..."
"Since the late 1960s Christian Vogt has produced a photographic oeuvre impressive for its creative inventiveness and its unexpected twists. He is a master of the art of photographic haikus, and a virtuoso of associative story telling with pictures. To Vogt, photography is never a mere reproduction but always a speculation about the meaning or the story hidden behind the surface, a reflection on the subjectivity of the photographic eye, ..."
"Das wichtigste Festival für zeitgenössische Kunst Österreichs feiert Jubiläum.0Im September 2017 findet der?steirische herbst?, eines der ältesten interdisziplinären Festivals für neue Kunst in Europa, zum 50. Mal statt."
"This book presents the many facets of Swiss photographer Balthasar Burkhard (1944–2010). Burkhard’s work combines a sensitive understanding of the body as sculpture and the photographic image as a canvas, making him one of the pioneers in translating photography as a monumental “tableau” into contemporary art. This comprehensive book coalesces Burkhard’s early role as a chronicler of the contemporary art of his time, especially as the m ..."
"Poète de l’image, sensible à l’anodin – même dans un domaine comme l’usine, le photographe suisse Jakob Tuggener reste peu connu. Pourtant, la cohérence de son expression personnelle peut être comparée à celle du grand photographe américano-suisse Robert Frank.Le vaste ensemble présenté au Pavillon Populaire de la ville de Montpellier à partir du 30 juin 2015 offre une perspective unique sur l’univers industriel des années 1930 aux an ..."
"Dazu kommen Porträts prägender Personen und Kurztexte zu bedeutenden Objekten, Ausstellungen, Debatten und Publikationen des SWB sowie eine detailreiche Chronik. Ein Panorama des kreativen Schweizer Schaffens der letzten hundert Jahre."
1805-1881 Postroutenstempel der Schweiz(1st Edition) Organisation, Postboten, Postrouten by MartinGasser Hardcover, 396 Pages, Published 2010 by MartinGasser ISBN-13: 978-3-938538-08-1, ISBN: 3-938538-08-2
"In line with the exhibition this catalog aims to provide a thorough approach to the work of the artist and becomes reference publication about the life and work of Gotthard Schuh."--Transliterated from publisher's website."