Marrigje de Maar (*1944 in The Hague) creates photographs of the ephemeral world of the home, of being rooted. She regards the interior itself as a portrait of identity. The trained sociologist seeks out those striking and magical places where families have come together for generations―where life has “worn itself into” a house. Very important is her unusual treatment of light: her photographs are veritable masterpieces of chiaroscuro.
After five trips to China, a substantial body of work has taken shape. While vast areas of housing in many Chinese communes were being demolished in order to make way for the modern age and its contemporary lifestyle and attitudes, de Maar found a surprising diversity of types and uses of classical living spaces. Never before has the worn and intimate character of household life in China, in all its culturally hybrid forms, been revealed in such a direct manner.
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Seller: Klondyke, Almere, Netherlands
Condition: Good. Original half cloth, illustrated with full page colour photographs, oblong (circa 31x24.5cm). Seller Inventory # 427877-LH20
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Seller: Klondyke, Almere, Netherlands
Condition: Good. Original half cloth, illustrated with full page colour photographs, oblong (circa 31x24.5cm). Signed and dated by Marrigje de Maar on title page.; Edges book block slightly yellowed. Seller Inventory # 299173
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Hardcover. Condition: gut. 2011. Marrigje de Maar: Red Roses Yellow Rain *SIGNED* In deutscher Sprache. pages. Seller Inventory # BN433692
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Hardcover. Condition: New. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 144 pages; 93 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; Trained sociologist and photographer Marrigje de Maar (born 1944) seeks out those magical households in which families have come together for generations--where life has "worn itself into" a house. Over the course of five trips to China, she photographed housing in Chinese communes that had been scheduled for demolition, finding within them a surprising diversity of types and uses of classical living spaces. Seller Inventory # 94898