Nadav Kander: Bodies. 6 women, 1 man (Collector’s Edition with 2 prints 16/100)
Peter Aspden, Nadav Kander
Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2012
€400,00
1 in stock
Nude bodies painted white, faces turned away from the viewer: this is how Nadav Kander (*1961 in Israel) photographed the sitters in this series. Accessories are minimal, as is the aesthetic, yet at the same time the arrangement makes the mostly voluptuous bodies seem baroque. Red hair plays a role, flowing down over doll-like bodies as if it had a life of its own. Despite the abundance of flesh on display, the images do not have a superficial sense of the erotic. The lack of eye contact and the white makeup function as barriers, and the massiveness of the limbs recalls the works of Hans Bellmer or Lucian Freud. Like them, Kander offers simulacra of sensuality and questions our images of the human body as well as the concept of beauty itself.
Our copy is new and in perfect condition, numbered 16/100 copies. The speldid book contains a folder with with 2 separate photographs, archival chromogenic prints: ‘Elisabeth with hand on shoulders, 2010’ and ‘Michael curled with white mouse, 2010’, with a loose certificate signed and numbered. The black cloth cover of the book is with a foil blocked finger smear, made by Nadav himself.
ISBN: 9783775734493
