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Narcissus and the golden mirror : the consummation of the portrait : Hubertus Hamm, Portrait IV

Title
Narcissus and the golden mirror : the consummation of the portrait : Hubertus Hamm, Portrait IV / Thomas Zaunschirm ; translation, Sean Kenney.
Author
Zaunschirm, Thomas, 1943-
Publication
  • Wien : Verlag für Moderne Kunst, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
Kenney, Sean
Description
235 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 23 cm
Summary
"The works of Hubertus Hamm investigate the parameters of photography. A central subject in his oeuvre is an in-depth and sometimes critical preoccupation with the photographic portrait that comes to a head in the installation 'Portrait IV' (2016). The art historian Thomas Zaunschirm positions this installation, that features a timber stele with the first golden mirror in the history of art, as Hamm's 'epoch-making' work: 'On the one hand, the minimalistic, simply effective work embodies the quest to broaden the boundaries of photography. On the other hand, this installation with its 18 kg sheet of 24-carat gold presupposes some knowledge of the history/histories of seeing (awareness), perspective (space), the mirror and the portrait as well as gold and its value.' In the spirit of the Renaissance theorist Leon Battista Alberti the title 'Narziss und Goldgrund' (Narcissus and Gold Ground) refers to both Narcissus - the motif of reflection as the origin of art - and the associated end of the gold ground of the Middle Ages"--Publisher's website.
Uniform Title
Narziss und Goldgrund. English
Alternative Title
  • Narziss und Goldgrund.
  • Hubertus Hamm, Portrait IV
Subjects
Note
  • Translation of: Narziss und Goldgrund : die Vollendung des Portraits : Hubertus Hamm, Portrait IV.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JQD 19-105
ISBN
  • 9783903228658
  • 3903228656
OCLC
1050763591
Author
Zaunschirm, Thomas, 1943- author.
Title
Narcissus and the golden mirror : the consummation of the portrait : Hubertus Hamm, Portrait IV / Thomas Zaunschirm ; translation, Sean Kenney.
Publisher
Wien : Verlag für Moderne Kunst, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Kenney, Sean, translator.
Research Call Number
JQD 19-105
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