Jan Groover, Photographer

Jan Groover, Photographer

Laboratory of Forms

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A discovery: the first monograph exploring the entire body of American photographer Jan Groover's highly original and experimental work

 

 

Titelinformation

Edited by Tatyana Franck. With contributions by Bruce Boice, Emilie Delcambre Hirsch, Tatyana Franck, Paul Frèches, Sarah Hermanson Meister, and Pau Maynés Tolosa

1st edition

, 2019

Text in English

Hardback

192 pages, 130 color and 15 b/w illustrations

21 x 27 cm

ISBN 978-3-85881-838-6

In cooperation with Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne

Inhalt

This book offers a discovery: for the first time a comprehensive monograph explores the entire oeuvre of photographic artist Jan Groover (1943–2012), whose personal collection in 2017 was transferred to Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne.

Published to coincide with an exhibition at Musée de l'Elysée in fall 2019 and generously illustrated, Jan Groover, Photographer: Laboratory of Forms traces the artist’s career from the beginnings in America to her late years in western France. Having started her career as a painter, when she turned to photography in the 1970s she developed a distinct artistic attitude that saw her amalgamate the disciplines of photography and painting. She was especially known for her carefully composed photographic still-lifes. Essays on her life and work, her significance as an artist, alongside a very personal contribution by her husband, French artist and critic Bruce Boice, complement the images.

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Autoren & Herausgeber

Bruce Boice

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Emilie Delcambre Hirsch

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Tatyana Franck

 is director of Lausanne's Musée de l'Elysée since 2015. Prior to this appointment, she has directed the Archives Claude Picasso in Geneva as well as a number of important photography collections, and has curated various exhibitions.

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Paul Frèches

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Sarah Hermanson Meister

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Pau Maynés Tolosa

Echo

«Das Buch bietet einen ersten Überblick über das Werk Jan Groovers und besticht durch gnadenlos gut editierte und gedruckte Bildstrecken.» Maren Lübke-Tidow, EIKON


«Das emotionale Drama der Bilder entspringt der Spannung zwischen der Form des gestalteten Bildes und den Dingen, die man zu kennen glaubt.» Ulrich Rüter, Photonews


«In Groovers exotisierter schönen Warenwelt wird Küchenbesteck zum Schatz, den man ins Dschungeldickicht marmorierter Pflanzenblätter gehoben hat. Der zur Ausstellung erscheinende Katalog ist zugleich die erste Monografie über die 2012 verstorbene Künstlerin und eine lohnende Alternative, sollte man es nicht zur Ausstellung schaffen.» Katharina J. Cichosch, taz


«Das Buch ist der bislang wohl beste Überblick über Jan Groovers Kunst.» Dr. Stefan Gronert, Foto Kunst Theorie, Der Sprengel Fotoblog