{"product_id":"john-stezaker-lost-world-paperback","title":"John Stezaker: Lost World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeo Rey Batchen\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish Conceptual artist John Stezaker (b. 1949) is known for his distinctive, often deceptively simple, collages. He has been making art since the 1970s, but achieved prominence relatively recently. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2011, he had a retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, and, in 2012, he won the Deutsche B rse Photography Foundation Prize, even though he does not take photographs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStezaker says collage is about 'stuff that has lost its immediate relationship with the world' and involves 'a yearning for a lost world'. A collector, he works from an archive of out-of-date images--mostly old film stills, vintage actor head shots, and antique postcards. These images come in standard sizes and are highly conventionalised--all variations on themes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArt critic David Campany says, Stezaker 'is drawn to that very slim space between convention and idiosyncrasy.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to collages, Lost World includes poignant found-object-sculptures: a selection of antique mannequin hands, offering a repertoire of gestures. There's also a film, Crowd, presenting hundreds of film stills of crowd scenes, each for one frame only, in a bewildering blur.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 10.7 x 8.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700575998015,"sku":"9781909932432","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/376165cd00a6acf5e4c13e28730d4ef2.webp?v=1765017304","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/john-stezaker-lost-world-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}