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Holy Bible

Title
Holy Bible / Adam Broomberg + Oliver Chanarin.
Author
Broomberg, Adam
Publication
  • [London, England] : MACK : AMC, [2013]
  • ©2013
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Additional Authors
  • Chanarin, Oliver
  • Ophir, Adi
  • Archive of Modern Conflict (London, England)
Description
721 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm
Uniform Title
Bible. English. Authorized.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books.
  • Artists' books – England – London – 21st century.
  • Illustrated works.
Note
  • Pamphlet tipped in: "Divine violence," by Adi Ophir (5 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm).
  • Artist's book containing 512 images selected from the Archive of Modern Conflict, overprinted on the pages of a King James Bible.
  • "Violence, calamity and the absurdity of war are recorded extensively within The Archive of Modern Conflict, the largest photographic collection of its kind in the world. For their most recent work, Holy Bible, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin mined this archive with philosopher Adi Ophir's central tenet in mind: that God reveals himself predominantly through catastrophe and that power structures within the Bible correlate with those within modern systems of governance. The format of Broomberg and Chanarin's illustrated Holy Bible mimics both the precise structure and the physical form of the King James Version. By allowing elements of the original text to guide their image selection, the artists explore themes of authorship, and the unspoken criteria used to determine acceptable evidence of conflict. Inspired in part by the annotations and images Bertolt Brecht added to his own personal bible, Broomberg and Chanarin's publication questions the clichés at play within the visual representation of conflict"-- Publisher's website (viewed 6/8/13).
  • "Holy Bible by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin contains 512 images selected from the Archive of Modern Conflict, London. Adi Ophir's text is an excerpt from Two Essays on God and Disaster (The Van Leer Jerusalem Foundation)" -- Colophon.
Call Number
MEMZ (Broomberg) 15-6746
ISBN
  • 9781907946417
  • 1907946411
OCLC
858447399
Author
Broomberg, Adam, book artist.
Title
Holy Bible / Adam Broomberg + Oliver Chanarin.
Publisher
[London, England] : MACK : AMC, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection).
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Chronological Term
2000 - 2099
Added Author
Chanarin, Oliver, book artist.
Container of (work): Ophir, Adi. Divine violence.
Archive of Modern Conflict (London, England)
Added Title
Bible. English. Authorized.
Research Call Number
MEMZ (Broomberg) 15-6746
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