Tacita Dean: FLOH
by Tacita Dean, Martyn Ridgewell
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Author: Martyn Ridgewell, Tacita DeanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); German (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-08-15
ISBN: 3882436735
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Steidl
Book Reviews of Tacita Dean: FLOH
Book Review: A beautiful book, a strange book
Summary: 5 Stars
"FLOH" is made up entirely of hundreds of photographs found or purchased at German flea markets (floh markts), with the photos artfully arranged and sized, and presented without captions or text of any kind.
The book's photos range from a shirtless man carrying a large icicle, to a turn of the century little boy happily feeding chickens, to three women carrying giant leaves, to a man standing by exotic waterfalls, to hippies playing lawn darts. Some are funny, some are intriguing, some are both. Many of the photos are historic, many are puzzling, and all are presented in their original colors or tints, and thematically connected. The lack of commentary makes every picture a mystery, and makes every picture the seed of a story. A writer having problems with inspiration could find the perfect solution to his writer's block right here.
Tacita Dean has conceived and executed something unique and beautiful here. "FLOH" would make an excellent coffee table book, but it's also the sort of thing perfect for passing around at parties, puzzling over with a friend, or studying by yourself. It's the sort of thing that suggests it holds the mysteries of the universe within its pages...although maybe it only holds clues.
Summary of Tacita Dean: FLOH
The photographs in Floh were discovered by Tacita Dean in flea markets across Europe and America. These portraits, holiday snapshots, documents of banal occurrences or spectacular views have all been retrieved and given a new existence. They retain the anonymity of the flea market, but are here salvaged as art. Flo comes beautifully printed in a linen cover, with a slipcase, and each copy of the book is signed and numbered by the artist. Dean eventually stopped attending flea markets for fear of finding an image that "should have been in the book," but then decided that there could never be a final version to this collection.Artists, A-Z Books
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