Larry Sultan
By: redaktion, editing: Stefan Gronert ; übersetzung, translation: George Frederick Takis, Dieter Kuhaupt
Contributors: Gronert, Stefan; Takis, George Frederick; Kuhaupt, Dieter; Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ghent, Belgium)
Series: Kerber art; Kerber art
Publisher: Kerber
Published: 2015
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9783735600653; 9783735600691
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Exhibitions
Description: The work of Californian photographer Larry Sultan (1946-2009) has become known as one of the central oeuvres of post-conceptual photography. Since 1972, he and Los Angeles-based photographer Mike Mandel have collaborated on numerous projects, including the controversial photo-essay Evidence. This series consists of revealing images plucked from government and corporate archives, such as police and fire departments, aerospace and engineering firms. Later on, in 2004, Sultan published his provocative series The Valley, an exposé of the adult film industry, in which the artist focused on the suburban neighborhoods and middle-class family homes that serve as pornographic sets. Including images from these series and more, this publication gives a comprehensive overview of Sultan's career
Notes: Statement of responsibility from colophon.

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Bonn, February 5 - May 17, 2015; S.M.A.K., Gent, March 14 - May 24, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in German and English.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Still waiting to be discovered. thoughts on the photo-historical position of Larry Sultan / Stefan Gronert; title: The enigma of the visible / Stephan Berg; title: "It's not about porn, it's about furniture". Observations about the reception of the photo-artistic oeuvre of Larry Sultan in Europe / Christoph Schaden; title: What's going on here? / Joshua Chuang; title: No code: Evident Krauss, Sultan & Mandel, and photography theory / Peter Geimer; title: "A sort of homecoming" - Proximity and distance in the picture / Stefan Gronert; title: Without a break. Filmic aspects in the oeuvre of Larry Sultan / Martin Germann; title: Suburban ecstasy (Partly Visible): The Valley / Christoph Ribbat; title: Voyeurism, artifice, documentary construction. Larry Sultan's comments and interviews / Alessandra Nappo; title: Panegryic on Larry / Lewis Baltz; title: Quotes / Larry Sultan.