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Art Artists' Books

Arnaud Maggs

Works 1976-1999

by (author) Philip Monk & Maia-Mari Sutnik

Publisher
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Initial publish date
May 1999
Category
Artists' Books
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780921047391
    Publish Date
    May 1999
    List Price
    $32.80

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Description

In 1974, Arnaud Maggs abandoned his career as a commercial and fashion photographer (previously having been a graphic designer) to pursue becoming an artist. This thorough survey of his photography examines his achievements from his first portrait works that investigate the typology of the human head to the series based on his photographs of paper ephemera and other items he has found in French flea markets. The early portraits show the work of time on the body, while the later works, apart from any actual images of people, create an overwhelming portrait of life’s traces.

About the authors

Philip Monk is Director of the Art Gallery of York University in Toronto. He has written eleven books, the most recent being Glamour is Theft: A User’s Guide to General Idea (2102) and Is Toronto Burning? (2015). As well, he has written dozens of catalogues on international and Canadian artists.

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