Faces of Evil

WEISHÄUPL, Hans

Published by Hamburg Das Comitee 2008

About this Item

First edition. Signed by the author. An interesting photo-book. Immaculate dust wrapper over immaculate clean cream embossed hardback boards. What appears to be photographs of dictators is actually composite images of individuals from the dictator s homeland. "Between November, 2007 and March, 2008, we took photographs of over 350 people in. From them emerged the thirteen FACES OF EVIL, assembled from faces of people of the same ethnic origin as the according dictators. For example, the portrait of Hitler consists of 37 people. His nose belongs to an estate agent from Berlin, his upper lip to a locksmith in Dresden. His hair is put together from the hair of an artist in Weiden and a painter in Bamberg. The chin stems from a Hamburg restaurant owner, the eyes are those of a bank advisor in Frankfurt, the lachrymal sacks are from a precision mechanic in Bautzen, the throat is that of a Viennese banker." So what is the point ? the artist believes dictators emerge "Because society allowed them, sometimes even encouraged them to do their evil. This suggests that a multitude of faces of active and passive accomplices stand behind the face of every dictator. Whilst everyone joins in to say "Never again!" after a reign of terror has ended, history shows that new tyrants can be allowed to rise to power again and again, in all parts of the world." Each of the photograph has a brief essay about the subject, in German and then in English. 119 pages. 31.5cm x 25cm. .

Seller Inventory # 5174

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Faces of Evil
• Publisher: Hamburg Das Comitee 2008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included