{"product_id":"christopher-williams-kolnische-dramaturgie-9783753304571","title":"Christopher Williams: Kölnische Dramaturgie","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher Williams | Tom McDonough\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Walther Konig Verlag\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Artists - Monographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA concise introduction to the theatrics and rituals of the art fair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis latest book on the work of Los Angeles-born, Cologne-based photographer Christopher Williams (born 1956) explores the transparent theatricality of the modern art fair, inspired by Art Cologne 1967. Williams' black-and-white photographs lead the viewer through clinical product shots from his \u003ci\u003eAdapted for Use\u003c\/i\u003e series paired with images of past art fairs, including the photographer's own participation in a booth hosted by David Zwirner Gallery. The result is a stoic meditation of the object as commodity and the spaces in which these goods are purchased. This publication includes a feature essay by art historian Tom McDonough, who writes of Williams' work: \"trust in the transparency of the visual field [is] consistently and thoroughly undermined. The static set promised a totalized image and simultaneously withheld it, suspending the audience in an uncomfortable awareness of the lack inscribed in the pro-visual field.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walther Konig Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999497339031,"sku":"9783753304571","price":2660.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783753304571.webp?v=1783600823","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/christopher-williams-kolnische-dramaturgie-9783753304571","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}