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Afterglow ori gersht, mordechai omer, daria kassovsky. You can find our books at specialised bookshops, museum stores, and web retailers throughout the world. Ori gersht the clearing by jeremy millar, 9781904270218, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ori gersht s artistic practice bridges a history that is full of traumas, whether it is the scars left on the sunlit yet wartorn buildings in sarajevo, the white noise of his train journey to auschwitz, or the clearing of trees in a forest that once stood witness to mass murder in the ukraine. History repeating is the first comprehensive survey of the israeliborn photographer and video artist ori gersht born 1967. This richly illustrated book presents the best of gersht s achingly beautiful images, and explores how he intertwines spectacles of painterly and narrative imagery with personal and collective memory, metaphysical journeys, contextualized spaces and the history of art. Ori gersht and the still photograph forces of nature 2015. This richly illustrated book presents the best of gersht s achingly beautiful images, and explores how he intertwines spectacles of painterly and narrative imagery with personal and collective memory, metaphysical.
Ben brown fine arts is honoured to present for the first time in hong kong a solo exhibition of acclaimed photographer ori gersht. See all books authored by jeremy millar, including ori gersht the clearing, and mike nelson. The clearing is made up of the works liquidation, three winters and the forest, a major new film work commissioned by film and video umbrella. The clearing powerpoint download we are looking at israeli born photographer ori gersht and his monograph, the clearing. Nov 26, 2012 posts about ori gersht written by mirandagavin. This elegant,beautifully illustrated publication presents three ambitious new series of works by the israeliborn, londonbased artist ori gersht.
Ori gersht born 1967 is an israeli fine art photographer. Schooled in the great pictorial masters, he employs saturated colors. One of the most talented artists of his generation, ori gersht is a photographer whose images provide us with a poignant record of the journeys he has made through different territories. The clearing, photographers gallery, london in 2005. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed. Gersht will be in conversation with david chandler writer, curator and director of photoworks tonight 27 january. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at.
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Ronni baer a conversation with ori gersht artist book 2012. Dec 12, 2012 ori gersht is an israeliborn photographerfilmmaker whose oeuvre is as deeply embedded in political history as in art history. Buy ori gersht the clearing books online at best prices in india by jeremy millar from. Ba in photography, film and video at the university of westminster, london 198992 and ma in photography at the royal college of art, london. Ori gersht prix pictet prix pictet the global award in. Buy ori gersht the clearing book by jeremy millar, 9781904270218 buy ori gersht the clearing books online at best prices in india by jeremy millar from. Ori gersht the largescale photographs entitled blow up depict elaborate floral arrangements, based upon a century stilllife painting by henri fantinlatour, captured in the moment of. Solo exhibitions include afterglow, art now room at tate britain in 2002, the clearing, photographers gallery, london in 200506 and black box at hirschhorn museum washington in 200809. Ori gersht celebrity profile check out the latest ori gersht photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Ori gersht was born in israel in 1967, but has lived in london for over 30 years. He often adopts a poetic, metaphorical approach to explore the difficulties of visually representing conflict and violent events or histories. The clearing, london, film and video umbrella, 2005.
This richly illustrated book presents the best of gersht s achingly beautiful images, and explores how he intertwines spectacles of painterly and. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Ori gersht about this publication published alongside his solo exhibition at the photographers gallery in london, this elegant, richly illustrated publication profiles an extraordinarily resonant body of work, encompassing three related photoseries, and culminating in gersht s haunting film piece, the forest. Throughout his career his work has been concerned with the relationships between history, memory and landscape.
This richly illustrated and enhanced e book explores how ori gersht intertwines the latest digital technology with historical sources as diverse as 19thcentury romantic landscape painting and the holocaust to create his achingly beautiful photographs and videos. Mar 20, 20 i have already made a reference to a few photographers, for example, ori gersht the clearing, walter niedermayr and his work on mans involvement with the environment in terms of tourism, peter bialobrzeski and his beautiful images on change and finding beauty in our rapidly industrializing world and of course jem southam. This richly illustrated book presents the best of gershts achingly beautiful images. Will include dust jacket if it originally came with one. The shortlist is based on a specific body of work in an exhibition or publication format, which has significantly contributed to photography in europe between 1 october 2011 and 30 september 2012. Ori gersht is an israeli artist and is a professor of photography at the university for the creative arts in rochester, kent, england.
The clearing is at the photographers gallery, wc2 020 7831 1772 to feb 5. The show runs at the museum of fine arts through jan. Moreover, the vistas and horizons of, for instance, between places 19982000, white noise 19992000, the clearingliquidation 2005, and evaders. Ori gersht is conceived by the artist as a piece of work in its own right, composed of three volumes, each taking a separate gersht film work as its subject. Ori gersht the clearing hardcover january 1, 2014 by ori gersht author, photographer visit amazons ori gersht page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The sea towner gallery, eastbourne, 17 january 201512 april 2015. Ori gersht about this publication published alongside his solo exhibition at the photographers gallery in london, this elegant, richly illustrated publication profiles an extraordinarily resonant body of work, encompassing three related photoseries, and culminating in gershts haunting film piece, the forest. History repeating is the first comprehensive survey of the israeliborn photo. The artist ori gersht spent last winter videoing a wood in ukraine. After days of unremitting labor, drunken brawls are as commonplace as the hangovers the morning after. Sep 01, 2012 history repeating is the first comprehensive survey of the israeliborn photographer and video artist ori gersht born 1967.
Here gersht s photographic odysseys are brought together for the first time in afterglow, published in collaboration with the tel aviv museum. Ori gersht was born in israel in 1967 and is currently based in london. Gersht s practice bridges together a history of trauma, be it through his afterwar series, which depicts the scars and weals left on the sunlit and war torn buildings in sarajevo, white noise, depicting his train journey to auschwitz, or the clearing, filmed in a forest saturated with memory, situated in the ukraine. Ori gersht the clearing hardcover january 1, 2014 by ori gersht author, photographer. Ori gersht the clearing by jeremy millar waterstones.
The work of israeli photographer and video artist ori gersht is the subject of a major exhibition at bostons museum of fine arts, and this lavishly printed catalog accompanies the show. A conduit between the past and present, his largescale photographs and videos wed old masters to new technologies, quoting from such sources as spanish and dutch still life painting and the hudson river valley school. This richly illustrated book presents the best of gershts achingly beautiful images, and explores. Artist book text by robert rowland smith 2012 photoworks, brighton isbn.
Israeli art is full of a variety of techniques, expresses a lot of emotion and reflects tradition and life in israel. The clearing is made up of the works liquidation, three winters and the forest, a major new. Ori gersht travels to places where our memory of what has happened. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
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