Jitka Hanzlová: Forest

Berger, John

ISBN 10: 3865212107 / ISBN 13: 9783865212108

Published by Steidl, U.S.A., 2006

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First and only edition of Hanzlova's most sought after title. A fine clean tight copy with no markings. Oversized cloth, no dust jacket as issued. Seller Inventory # 001491

Bibliographic Details

Title: Jitka Hanzlová: Forest

Publisher: Steidl, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Jitka Hanzlova's new work, "Forest", continues the cycle of her work about the village, where she grew up. She enters the forest of her childhood and confronts herself in her youth. She explores the forest as a kind of visible, perceptible "unknown" in us, as source, as moss, as depth and darkness in which we place ourselves and from which we emerge into the light. This deep ground is like the bottom of the ocean and like the water, which is the anchor of our being. Even though we may not often go into the forest, we know that it is there and we realize that the forest is critical, indeed absolutely essential, for oxygen exchange, for fauna, for microorganisms and lots more. The forest is there and must be there. It is father and mother to the Earth. In this respect, the work on the forest by Jitka Hanzlova takes on a transpersonal dimension and becomes a meaningful sociopolitical work.