Oliver Mark

Oliver Mark: Portraits
Publisher's Description
Art icon Jeff Koons lying on a giant plastic ball,
Richard Serra disappearing into one of his vast
steel sculptures,“king of theater” Claus
Peymann sporting a cardboard crown… ever
since shooting his portrait of painter A.R. Penck
in 1994, Oliver Mark (born 1963) has photographed
countless artists, actors, politicians
and other celebrities. Sometimes concentrating
only on the subject against the most minimal
setting possible, sometimes placing them in
front of an artful background,Mark presents the
rich and famous in constantly new and consistently
trenchant ways, bringing their less apparent
characteristics to light and casting them in
disorienting circumstances. Other of Mark’s subjects
included here are Tom Hanks, Anthony
Hopkins, George Lucas, Sir Ridley Scott, Jenny
Holzer,Mia Farrow, Norbert Tadeusz, Kenny
Scharf, Georg Baselitz, David Chipperfield, Luc
Tuymans, Cate Blanchett, Balthus and Sir Peter
Ustinov. Besides Mark’s most successful portraits,
this volume also contains some of his
most beautiful fashion photographs and other
stills,many of which have appeared in several
well-known magazines. Texts by Margit J.Mayer,
Christoph Amend, Christian Boros and others
round off this entertaining “best-of” collection.
ISBN: 3775724842
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Hardcover : 192 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 9.8 x 12.4 x 0.9 inches
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Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Hardcover : 192 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 9.8 x 12.4 x 0.9 inches