The Difficulties of Nonsense

Robert Cumming
9781597113007 / 159711300X       
The Difficulties of Nonsense

The Difficulties of Nonsense

Robert Cumming
9781597113007 / 159711300X       
Publisher Aperture 2016
Edition Hardcover , 184 pages
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Overview of Robert Cumming, the dean of conceptual photography, whose work often illuminates the absurd.In the 1970s, from his base in Los Angeles, artist Robert Cumming (born 1943) made functional-looking but ultimately useless constructions, created primarily to be photographed with his 8×10 camera. Playing with props, proportions, unusual angles, light and mirrors, Cumming invited viewers to look in–and then to look again, second-guessing what they saw. The Difficulties of Nonsense is the first comprehensive publication to survey Cumming’s significant series of conceptual black-and-white and color photographs from the 1970s, now a touchstone for contemporary artists, and focus on the artist’s fascination with illusion and trickery. With an essay by Sarah Bay Gachot and an interview by David Campany, this monograph pays homage to a time when Cumming, and many in the photographic community, worked to playfully push the boundaries of photography and narrative.

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Book title The Difficulties of Nonsense
Photographer Robert Cumming
ISBN 10 159711300X        / 1-59711-300-X       
ISBN 13 9781597113007 / 978-1-59711-300-7
Publisher Aperture
Publish date May 2016
Publish year 2016
Book format Hardcover
Pages 184 pages
Number of photographs 135 images
Dimensions 22,75 x 26,75 cm / 10.5 x 9 x 0.9 inches

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