Paul Outerbridge

Paul Outerbridge

ISBN 10: 3836564564 / ISBN 13: 9783836564564

Published by Taschen, 2017

Verschmutzung / Wasserschaden; Abnutzung / Risse - leicht. Ob in seinen virtuos inszenierten Werbebildern oder den sanften Pastelltonen seiner Akte, Paul Outerbridge (1896-1958) war ein Alchimist der Begierde. Farbe war ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil seiner asthetischen Anziehungskraft. Er perfektionierte das komplexe Dreifarben-Carbro-Verfahren, um eine verfuhrerische Oberflache aus Textur und Ton zu erzeugen, und suchte standig nach ,kunstlichen Paradiesen" - einer Vollkommenheit der Form mit surrealem Einschlag. Outerbridge verstand es, in seiner am Kubismus orientierten Produktfotografie Alltagsgegenstande in quasiabstrakte Kompositionen zu verwandeln und begeisterte die Fachwelt als Pionier der Farbfotografie. Gleichzeitig sorgten seine suggestiv-provokanten Aktaufnahmen fur nachhaltige Verstorung. Dieser Band beleuchtet anhand von Beispielen aus seinem gesamten OEuvre Outerbridges schillernde Karriere zwischen Kunst, Kommerz und Selbstinszenierung. Vom beruflichen Hohepunkt als bestbezahlter Mode- und Werbefotograf New Yorks uber sein Leben in der Pariser Boheme der surrealistischen Avantgarde als Freund von Man Ray und Duchamp bis zu seinem Ruckzug nach Hollywood in den Vierzigerjahren infolge eines Skandals um seine umstrittenen Aktfotos wird sein Einfluss als einer der bedeutendsten Fotografen der klassischen Moderne untersucht. Seller Inventory # 1d657751-18fe-4b49-8c1e-8b9669a7deeb

Synopsis:

Whether in his sumptuous images for advertising or his soft-hued nudes, Paul Outerbridge (1896–1958) was an alchemist of desire. Color was integral to his aesthetic allure, embracing the complex tri-color-carbro process to create a seductive surface of texture and tone. His quest was for “artificial paradises”―a perfection of form, with a surreal edge.

This concise monograph introduces Outerbridge’s unique aesthetic and its commercial and artistic trajectory, from his professional peak as New York’s highest-paid commercial photographer through to his retreat to Hollywood in the 1940s after a scandal over his erotic photography. With key examples from his oeuvre, the book explores Outerbridge’s innovative style through Cubist still life images, magazine photographs, and his controversial nudes, as well as his interaction with other avant-garde photographers, such as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, and Man Ray. Along the way, we recognize Outerbridge’s particular ability to transform everyday objects into a quasi-abstract composition and his pioneering role in championing the expressionistic, as much as commercial, potential of color photographs.

About the Authors:

Carol McCusker is Curator of Photography at the University of Florida’s Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida. She is former Curator of Photography the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.

Elaine Dines-Cox is an independent art museum curator living in San Francisco. Her 1981 monograph on Paul Outerbridge was the first published catalogue raisonné on an art photographer.

Manfred Heiting is an internationally acknowledged designer, curator, and expert on and collector of photographs and photobooks; he lives in Malibu and Brussels. He is a founding member of the J. Paul Getty Museum Council and since 2016 UCLA Distinguished Lecturer in the Humanities. He is editor and designer of Deutschland im Fotobuch, The Soviet Photobook, and The Japanese Photobook and co-editor and designer of Autopsie: Deutschsprachige Fotobücher 1918–1945.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Paul Outerbridge
Publisher: Taschen
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Fair