Von der Brüchigkeit des Seins - On the fragility of being

Over a period of three years the Swiss photo artist Amin El Dib photostated plaster casts of antique sculptures in the Basel Skulpturhalle where they were collected for study purposes. As a photographer he was more interested in the spatial situation of a collection, especially at the moment of transition out of storage to exhibition, than he was in the exact reproduction of beautiful ¿ gures. The pictures he produces are often provoked by the details of older and more recent damage suffered by the otherwise perfect sculptures. Since the casts are not painted, their white to yellow color range is contrasted with the red walls, white ceilings and color scheme of the lamps. What El Dib has captured here is the history of a collection of plaster casts of antique sculptures as that of a medium whose dynamic is repeated in a similar way in the medium of his photography.

Product details

• Authors: Armin El Dib
• Assisted by: Armin El Dib (Photographs), Winckelmann-Inst für Klassische Archäologie der H (Editor)
• Publisher: Wasmuth & Zohlen UG
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• No. of pages: 116
• Dimensions: 343 mm x 355 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 1460 g
• Illustrations: zahlreiche farbige Abbildungen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Photo art