Weschler, Lawrence This Land 9781580935562

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Автор: Weschler, Lawrence
Название: This Land
ISBN: 9781580935562
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Классификация:

Общие вопросы искусства

ISBN-10: 1580935567
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 160
Вес: 0.66 кг.
Дата издания: 20.10.2020
Язык: English
Размер: 231 x 163 x 25
Основная тема: Art/Architecture/Design
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: David Opdykes massive collage This Land (as elucidated in this book by award-winning author Lawrence Weschler) presents a slow-burning satire of the American Dream as it blunders into the reality of climate change.

This Land is an epic mural fashioned by New York artist David Opdyke out of vintage American postcards which he then treated with disconcerting painted interventions. What at first reads as a panoramic birdʼs-eye view of an idyllic alpine valley reveals itself, upon closer examination, to be an array of connected scenes and vignettes. Across more than five hundred postcards, each one portraying a distinct slice of idealized Americana (town squares, mountain highways, main streets and county seats), Opdykeʼs acerbic, emotionally jarring alterations gradually become evident.

In this prophetic refashioning, forests are aflame, tornadoes torque from one card into the next, a steamboat gets swallowed up whole by some sort of new megafauna, frogs fall like Biblical hail from the sky. The human responses form a cacophony of desires and demands, panic and denial. Biplanes trail banners urging Repent Now , others insist Legislative Action Would Be Premature, while still others advertise seats on an actual Ark.

The book This Land affords readers a closer and closer viewing of Opdykes devastatingly sardonic take on our impending ecological future, one in turn enlivened by Lawrence Weschlerʼs vividly sly blend of artist profile and critical interpretation. Featuring introductory essays providing background on the artist and the project as a whole, This Land also divides the sprawling mural into eight sections to allow for a more intimate viewing. Interspersed among the detailed visual sections are insightful thematic essays by Lawrence Weschler and an afterword that serves as a stirring call to action by civil rights attorney Maya Wiley. Additionally, the books jacket is printed on both sides, folding out to reveal the work in its full grandeur.

This Land, Weschler, Lawrence