Malerie Marder: Carnal Knowledge - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1900828308 ISBN 13: 9781900828307

Publisher: Violette Editions, 2011

Synopsis

Malerie Marder is one of the first practitioners of a style of high-colour photography that came out of Yale in the late 1990s, where Katy Grannan and Justine Kurland were her contemporaries under the tutelage of Gregory Crewdson, who contributes a preface here. Debunking the myths that have developed around this group, this book tells the story of Marders first commissioned shoot: how a friend invited Malerie to photograph her with her lover, naked and in the anonymous setting of a motel room. This seminal experience set the tone of Marders work for the next decade, her nudes depicting emotional nakedness and vulnerability in relationships. This beautifully illustrated book is the first to bring these works together and to bring Marder to a wider audience.

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Review:

'Carnal Knowledge is a step back into Eden, away from Sodom and Gomorrah, where love reigns over all, and a book which will become a classic of contemporary photography.' --- Charlie Finch, artnet

'Intimacy can be bruising, but Marder's subjects seem determined to risk it, even if their only connection is to the woman with the camera. As for the photographer, she's happy for her work to remain enigmatic, not an answer, but a clue.' --- Vince Aletti, Photograph Magazine

About the Author:

Malerie Marder lives and works in Los Angeles. Marder studied at Bard College with Stephen Shore, and at Yale University with Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia and Nan Goldin, where she won the Schicke-Collingwood Prize and John Ferguson Weir Award. Her work is in several international collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York).

Gregory Crewdson is Professor Adjunct in Graduate Photography at the Yale University School of Art. Crewdson's work has been included in many international public collections. His most recent book is Sanctuary (Abrams).

Philip-Lorca diCorcia lives in New York, and since 1985 has exhibited his influential work at museums and galleries around the world. His most recent book is Thousand (Steidl).

James Ellroy is an American crime writer and essayist known for his hard-boiled, staccato style, author of novels including The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential.

Charlotte Cotton is Creative Director of the National Media Museum, UK. She was formerly head of programming at the Photographers' Gallery, London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Violette Editions
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1900828308
• ISBN 13: 9781900828307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Violette Robert