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100 1 $aGibson, Ralph.
240 10 $aRalph Gibson, Lichtjahre.$lEnglish
245 10 $aRalph Gibson, light years /$cedited by Peter Weiermair ; [translation from the German by John S. Southard].
246 30 $aLight years
260 $aZurich :$bEdition Stemmle,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $a199 pages :$billustrations ;$c32 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aCatalog of an exhibition held at the Frankfurter Kunstverein in 1996.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-198).
520 $aThis volume presents the 92 most significant pictorial compositions of Ralph Gibson. His raw materials are the lines and shapes of seemingly mundane objects - a streetlamp, the back of a chair, a wine bottle, a human silhouette against the light. Based upon an unusual black-and-white technique, his photography is metaphorical rather than documentary.
520 8 $aThe contents of Gibson's pictures are difficult to grasp, often even mysterious. Some compositions seem characterized by unusual control, structure and clarity, while others are opulent, seductive and full of hidden meaning. Gibson celebrates what he sees. The human form is generalized far beyond the concrete-associative representational approach of portraiture. In deliberately overlooking the signs and props of specific locale, Gibson raises individual figures to an abstract level of human existence.
520 8 $aHis often fragmentary figures draw the viewer's attention to the design and composition of the pictorial details. The organic structure of such pictures clearly suggests that their origins are by no means random. With great precision and without sentimentality he succeeds in making his "message" comprehensible.
600 10 $aGibson, Ralph,$d1939-$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aPhotography, Artistic$vExhibitions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108790
700 1 $aWeiermair, Peter.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81061606
710 2 $aFrankfurter Kunstverein.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50066587
852 80 $bfax$hNH32 G35$iG353