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Kellner, Thomas (Artist/Photographer) & Wendorf, Richard (Contributor) : All Shook Up: Thomas Kellner Photographs The Boston Atheneum: The Limited Edition

The Boston Atheneum, Boston, MA, 2008

ISBN 0934552746

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 96 pages. Exhibition Monograph, presented as an Artist Book. One of the most beautiful art photography books ever published in our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run of 500 copies as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Thomas Kellner: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Thomas Kellner. He designed each photograph, through lapidary sketches, before actually shooting and assembling it. Each sketch/design is meticulously reproduced on glassine sheet paper, preceding the finished photographic image. Introductory Essay by Richard Wendorf. Printed on pristine-white, glossy stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Boston Atheneum in 2008. Presents Thomas Kellner's "All Shook Up". Grid-photographs of the Boston Atheneum. "Known worldwide for his deconstructive/reconstructive architectural photographs, Kellner was invited to be the Atheneum Bicentennial Artist-In-Residence in 2006. Kellner painstakingly took multiple photographs of fragments of a single image and then assembled the fragments into a new representation of the subject. His previous subjects have included such architectural icons as the Eiffel Tower, the London Tower Bridge, the Arc de Triomphe, Stonehenge, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Thomas Kellner's vision animates these interior spaces in a new way. The Classical symmetrical rooms are 'all shook up' with light and energy. With subversive irony, Kellner's architectural photographs do not appear as the postcard-esque pictures of iconic monuments we carry in our minds nor can they be seen as images documenting perfect form. His buildings are de-constructed into multiple fragments and re-constructed to assume an entirely new form. Kellner's photographs ask us to perform a variety of operations simultaneously as we attempt to fuse these dancing images into a more stable, more readily identifiable whole" (Richard Wendorf). An absolute "must-have" title for Thomas Kellner collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Thomas Kellner. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: According to Kellner himself, he does NOT do public signings. This copy comes directly from him. A rare signed copy thus. 16 color plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER THOMAS KELLNER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0934552746.

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Kellner, Thomas (Artist/Photographer) & Wendorf, Richard (Contributor) : All Shook Up: Thomas Kellner Photographs The Boston Atheneum: The Limited Edition

The Boston Atheneum, Boston, MA, 2008

ISBN 0934552746

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 96 pages. Exhibition Monograph, presented as an Artist Book. One of the most beautiful art photography books ever published in our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run of 500 copies as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Thomas Kellner: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Thomas Kellner. He designed each photograph, through lapidary sketches, before actually shooting and assembling it. Each sketch/design is meticulously reproduced on glassine sheet paper, preceding the finished photographic image. Introductory Essay by Richard Wendorf. Printed on pristine-white, glossy stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Boston Atheneum in 2008. Presents Thomas Kellner's "All Shook Up". Grid-photographs of the Boston Atheneum. "Known worldwide for his deconstructive/reconstructive architectural photographs, Kellner was invited to be the Atheneum Bicentennial Artist-In-Residence in 2006. Kellner painstakingly took multiple photographs of fragments of a single image and then assembled the fragments into a new representation of the subject. His previous subjects have included such architectural icons as the Eiffel Tower, the London Tower Bridge, the Arc de Triomphe, Stonehenge, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Thomas Kellner's vision animates these interior spaces in a new way. The Classical symmetrical rooms are 'all shook up' with light and energy. With subversive irony, Kellner's architectural photographs do not appear as the postcard-esque pictures of iconic monuments we carry in our minds nor can they be seen as images documenting perfect form. His buildings are de-constructed into multiple fragments and re-constructed to assume an entirely new form. Kellner's photographs ask us to perform a variety of operations simultaneously as we attempt to fuse these dancing images into a more stable, more readily identifiable whole" (Richard Wendorf). An absolute "must-have" title for Thomas Kellner collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The other copy, which is signed, is also available from us. A rare copy thus. 16 color plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER THOMAS KELLNER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0934552746.

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