Research Catalog

Title

Tree and soil / Robert Knoth & Antoinette de Jong ; essay, Prof. Dr. Erik de Jong.

Publication

[Stuttgart] : Hartmann Books, 2020.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Fotomuseum Den Haag, host institution.
• Jong, Antoinette de, 1964-
• Jong, E. de (Erik),
• Knoth, Robert.
• Kunst Haus Wien, host institution.
• Museum im Kulturspeicher (Würzburg, Germany), host institution.

Description

approximately 112 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Summary

In 'Tree and Soil', Robert Knoth and Antoinette de Jong (NL) follow the transformation of the landscape around Fukushima as a way to investigate the relationship between man and nature. They undertook multiple trips to Japan following the tsunami of 2011. In the deserted landscape, at times they felt like archaeologists from the future: trying to understand what happened in a distant past.Two centuries earlier, the medical doctor, scientist, and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold gathered artefacts, plant and animal specimens, block prints, and paintings in Japan. His collection illustrates how Japanese visual culture is deeply rooted in and inspired by nature. In Tree and Soil, Knoth and De Jong seek connection with the Siebold collection. Their photography, writings and additional texts enter into a dialogue with images from the 19th century of Japanese flora and fauna, which offer us keys to understand the (cultural) landscapes that the authors documented. This creates a new perspective not only on the present but also on the past.00The work of Knoth and De Jong is characterized by an autonomous, modern approach with a focus on long-term documentaries that attempt to uncover the complexity of various socioeconomic topics and their impact on the lives of individuals. In recent years they have taken a more autonomous and contemporary direction in their artistic practice, working with a mixture of photography, text, audio and video. Their projects have been exhibited internationally on multiple occasions and has received wide recognition and multiple awards.

Subject

• Aesthetics, Japanese > Exhibitions
• Aesthetics, Japanese
• Jong, Antoinette de, 1964- > Exhibitions
• Knoth, Robert > Exhibitions
• Nature in art > Exhibitions
• Nature in art

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Chiefly illustrated.

Exhibitions (note)

• On the occasion of the exhibitions held in Würzburg, Museum Kulturspeicher, from March-May 2021; Museum Hundertwasser/Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna, March-May 2021 and Foto Museum, The Hague, May-August 2021.

Call Number

N6953.K56

ISBN

• 9783960700470
• 3960700474

LCCN

9783960700470

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries