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- catalog abstract ""This volume presents the 92 most significant pictorial compositions of Ralph Gibson. His raw materials are the lines and shapes of seemingly mundane objects - a streetlamp, the back of a chair, a wine bottle, a human silhouette against the light. Based upon an unusual black-and-white technique, his photography is metaphorical rather than documentary." "The contents of Gibson's pictures are difficult to grasp, often even mysterious. Some compositions seem characterized by unusual control, structure and clarity, while others are opulent, seductive and full of hidden meaning. Gibson celebrates what he sees. The human form is generalized far beyond the concrete-associative representational approach of portraiture. In deliberately overlooking the signs and props of specific locale, Gibson raises individual figures to an abstract level of human existence. His often fragmentary figures draw the viewer's attention to the design and composition of the pictorial details. The organic structure of such pictures clearly suggests that their origins are by no means random. With great precision and without sentimentality he succeeds in making his "message" comprehensible."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Light years".
- catalog alternative "Ralph Gibson".
- catalog alternative "Ralph Gibson, Lichtjahre".
- catalog contributor b10019080.
- catalog contributor b10019081.
- catalog contributor b10019082.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ""This volume presents the 92 most significant pictorial compositions of Ralph Gibson. His raw materials are the lines and shapes of seemingly mundane objects - a streetlamp, the back of a chair, a wine bottle, a human silhouette against the light. Based upon an unusual black-and-white technique, his photography is metaphorical rather than documentary." "The contents of Gibson's pictures are difficult to grasp, often even mysterious. Some compositions seem characterized by unusual control, structure and clarity, while others are opulent, seductive and full of hidden meaning. Gibson celebrates what he sees. The human form is generalized far beyond the concrete-associative representational approach of portraiture. In deliberately overlooking the signs and props of specific locale, Gibson raises individual figures to an abstract level of human existence. His often fragmentary figures draw the viewer's attention to the design and composition of the pictorial details. The organic structure of such pictures clearly suggests that their origins are by no means random. With great precision and without sentimentality he succeeds in making his "message" comprehensible."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-198).".
- catalog extent "199 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Light years.".
- catalog identifier "3908162270 (German edition)".
- catalog identifier "3908162289 (English ed.)".
- catalog identifier "3908162297 (catalogue)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Light years.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng ger".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Zurich : Edition Stemmle,".
- catalog relation "Light years.".
- catalog subject "Gibson, Ralph Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Gibson, Ralph, 1939- Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "TR647 .G49413 1996".
- catalog title "Light years".
- catalog title "Ralph Gibson".
- catalog title "Ralph Gibson, Lichtjahre".
- catalog title "Ralph Gibson, light years / edited by Peter Weiermair ; [translation from the German by John S. Southard].".
- catalog type "Exhibition catalogs. fast".
- catalog type "text".