Description
| Product ID: | 9782957001392 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Mocafico Numero Volume 7 |
| Page Count: | 260 |
| Subjects: | Individual artists, art monographs, Individual artists, art monographs |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In 1999, Babeth Djian — fashion editor and avant-gardestylist — founded Numéro, a Parisian magazine now famous for itsunique and bold aesthetic combining fashion and contemporaryart. From the first issue, then very regularly, Babeth gives GuidoMocafico carte blanche for the closing pages of the magazine. Free and suffering no diktat, the photographer takes the opportunityto create immutable and provocative still lifes the major genresin photography such as architecture, landscape, or nude. This platform, a place of innovation and experimentation, allows him togive free rein to his imagination, to offer an offbeat, critical lookat our contemporary world made of vanity. In 2016, the box set Mocafico / Numéro gathered all theseries from 1999 to 2016 in 6 volumes. Here is volume 7. Italian still life photographer Guido Mocafico was bornin Switzerland; he currently divides his time between his homein Switzerland and his studio in Paris. Guido Mocafico has become recognized as a contemporarymaster of still life. His interest in this most classic of art formsstarted early whilst studying photography at Vevey School inSwitzerland. He initially focused on commercial and advertisingprojects for brands such as Chanel, Clinique, Dior, Gucci, Armaniand YSL. His images have been published in numerous magazinesover the years including Vogue US, Vogue France, Harpers Bazaar,The Face, and Wallpaper and Numéro. About more than twenty years ago he began to developpersonal projects, separate from his commercial accomplishments;these resulted from his personal passions. He explored hischosen themes deeply, first with research, to gain an in-depthunderstanding of his subjects. Subject topics are varied and copious: in architecture, with hisseries Brasilia/Beirut; Medusa, jellyfish; Serpens, snakes; Aranea,spiders; Guns and Roses; Movement, fine watches; Nature Morte,banquets and floral arrangements, an interpretation of Dutch StillLife, and most recently Blaschka — glass models, by the father andson duo Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. His work has been exhibitedinternationally since 1999, including venues in London, Paris,Munich and Tokyo. Various books have been published comprisinghis personal projects: Venenum (2005), Medusa (2006); Serpens(2007); Movement (2008) and Stilleven (2012), published by Steidl. In 1999, Babeth Djian — fashion editor and avant-gardestylist — founded Numéro, a Parisian magazine now famous for itsunique and bold aesthetic combining fashion and contemporaryart. From the first issue, then very regularly, Babeth gives GuidoMocafico carte blanche for the closing pages of the magazine. Free and suffering no diktat, the photographer takes the opportunityto create immutable and provocative still lifes the major genresin photography such as architecture, landscape, or nude. This platform, a place of innovation and experimentation, allows him togive free rein to his imagination, to offer an offbeat, critical lookat our contemporary world made of vanity. In 2016, the box set Mocafico / Numéro gathered all theseries from 1999 to 2016 in 6 volumes. Here is volume 7. Italian still life photographer Guido Mocafico was bornin Switzerland; he currently divides his time between his homein Switzerland and his studio in Paris. Guido Mocafico has become recognized as a contemporarymaster of still life. His interest in this most classic of art formsstarted early whilst studying photography at Vevey School inSwitzerland. He initially focused on commercial and advertisingprojects for brands such as Chanel, Clinique, Dior, Gucci, Armaniand YSL. His images have been published in numerous magazinesover the years including Vogue US, Vogue France, Harpers Bazaar,The Face, and Wallpaper and Numéro. About more than twenty years ago he began to developpersonal projects, separate from his commercial accomplishments;these resulted from his personal passions. He explored hischosen themes deeply, first with research, to gain an in-depthunderstanding of his subjects. Subject topics are varied and copious: in architecture, with hisseries Brasilia/Beirut; Medusa, jellyfish; Serpens, snakes; Aranea,spiders; Guns and Roses; Movement, fine watches; Nature Morte,banquets and floral arrangements, an interpretation of Dutch StillLife, and most recently Blaschka — glass models, by the father andson duo Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. His work has been exhibitedinternationally since 1999, including venues in London, Paris,Munich and Tokyo. Various books have been published comprisinghis personal projects: Venenum (2005), Medusa (2006); Serpens(2007); Movement (2008) and Stilleven (2012), published by Steidl. |
| Imprint Name: | Patrick Remy Studio |
| Publisher Name: | Patrick Remy Studio |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-07-27 |
