Description
This book presents the many facets of Swiss photographer Balthasar Burkhard (1944–2010). Burkhard’s work combines a sensitive understanding of the body as sculpture and the photographic image as a canvas, making him one of the pioneers in translating photography as a monumental “tableau” into contemporary art. This comprehensive book coalesces Burkhard’s early role as a chronicler of the contemporary art of his time, especially as the main photographer for Swiss curator Harald Szeemann, his conceptual redefinition of photography together with other artists and finally his emancipation as a photo artist.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
256 pages
Language
English
Published
Apr 23, 2019
Publisher
Steidl/Museum Folkwang, Essen, Fotomuseum Winterthur/Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winte
ISBN-10
3958293425
ISBN-13
9783958293427