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Birgit Dieker Derama

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ISBN-10: 3954760010

ISBN-13: 9783954760015

Edition: 2012

Authors: Andrea Jahn, Jutta Meyer zu Riemsloh

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"Since the 1960s, sculptors have used materials such as latex, felt, fabric, and even hair. Regarded as low-value and perishable, such ingredients refer the beholder to his own body and bring a profound psychological component into play-rather than merely irritating his gaze, they touch him quite immediately on the physical level.Birgit Dieker (b. Gescher, 1969; lives in Berlin) works in this tradition. Her sculptures attest to a relentless engagement with the human body, which she dissects into its individual elements and defamiliarizes. Working with staples such as corsetry, discarded clothes, hair, and leather, she composes fragmented bodies or organs. Layer by layer, she compacts her…    
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: DISTANZ Verlag GmbH
Publication date: 6/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 9.06" wide x 12.28" long x 0.28" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English