Gregory Crewdson, 1985-2005
By: texts by Stephan Berg, Martin Hochleitner, Katy Siegel ; editor Stephan Berg.
Contributors: Berg, Stephan.; Hochleitner, Martin.; Siegel, Katy.
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ostfildern-Ruit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Crewdson, Gregory -- Exhibitions; Cities and towns -- United States -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.; Pictorial works
Description: "In his photographs, Gregory Crewdson (born in 1962 in Brooklyn, New York) presents artfully condensed stories that essentially deal with the penetration of the mysterious into normalcy. In an image from his Twilight series (1998-2002), we see yellow school buses parked outside white wooden houses. Groups of students stand or lie around passively in different places. An idyllic scene, but only at first glance, as the image seems oddly "uncanny" in the Freudian sense. It shows something familiar yet unsettling, different, and somewhat inexplicable. What is really happening here? Crewdson goes to great lengths in dramatizing his disturbing suburban scenes, employing means more typical of Hollywood film productions. Using elaborate lighting, cranes, props, and extras, he stages his scenes, which are at the same time always an accurate portrayal of everyday life in America, with obsessive attention to detail." "This publication is the first to assemble all of the artist's photographic productions in a single volume and includes his most recent, previously unpublished series Beneath the Roses."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition held at Kunstverein Hannover, Sept. 3-Oct. 30, 2005 ; Kunstmuseen Krefeld Museen Krefeld Museen Haus Lange, Haus Esters, Feb. 19-May 14, 2005 ; Fotomuseum Winterthur, June 3-Aug. 20, 2006 ; Landesgalerie Linz, Sept. 6, Nov. 19, 2006.

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