Screen LibraryUwe Wittwer : paintings /
Uwe Wittwer (b. 1954 in Zurich) inquires into and disrupts expectations and viewing habits. The entrancing beauty and sensuousness of his paintings and watercolors lure the viewer into a world of ambiguity. Only a second glance reveals that the apparent aesthetic innocence of the middle class he por...
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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Hatje Cantz,
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| Publisher Address: | Ostfildern, Germany : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Uwe Wittwer (b. 1954 in Zurich) inquires into and disrupts expectations and viewing habits. The entrancing beauty and sensuousness of his paintings and watercolors lure the viewer into a world of ambiguity. Only a second glance reveals that the apparent aesthetic innocence of the middle class he portrays is actually a kind of latent horror. Captured in a blur, the still lifes, interiors, landscapes, and portraits avoid obvious interpretation, so that the question of what is "real" and what is "fake," where the façade or razzle-dazzle begins and ends, remains open. Fascinated by the imagery |
| Carrier Form: | 183 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-182). |
| ISBN: |
9783775733168 (hardback) : 3775733167 |
| Index Number: | ND853 |
| CLC: | J205.522 |
| Call Number: | J205.522/W832 |
| Contents: | Introduction: remembered perception / Juerg Judin -- You always have to search for shadows / Brian Dillon -- Paintings -- Die stete Suche nach den Schatten / Brian Dillon -- List of paintings -- Biography |