“Formalism is what matters most. ” Jan Groover’s statement alone sums up the visual ambition of his work, which today stands as one of the defining moments in the history of photography and the still life genre. Driven by constant and varied experimentation, Jan Groover’s work has focused on forms and their ability to transform the perception of the image.”
In the early 1970s, she caught the attention of the New York art scene for her polyptychs featuring cars and the urban environment. Around 1978, Jan Groover radically shifted her focus to still life, which has since formed the core of her work. Created in the studio, her compositions draw on a variety of techniques. In the 1970s and 1980s, they played an active role in the institutional and artistic recognition of color photography. Jan Groover then developed a keen interest in a late-19th-century process known as the platinum-palladium process.
Edited by Tatyana Franck. With contributions by Bruce Boice, Emilie Delcambre Hirsch, Paul Frèches, Tatyana Franck, Sarah Hermanson Meister, and Pau Maynés Tolosa.
Published by Noir sur Blanc - Musée de l’Élysée, 2019
21.5 cm 27.7 cm, 192 pages
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“Formalism is what matters most. ” Jan Groover’s statement alone sums up the visual ambition of his work, which today stands as one of the defining moments in the history of photography and the still life genre. Driven by constant and varied experimentation, Jan Groover’s work has focused on forms and their ability to transform the perception of the image.”
In the early 1970s, she caught the attention of the New York art scene for her polyptychs featuring cars and the urban environment. Around 1978, Jan Groover radically shifted her focus to still life, which has since formed the core of her work. Created in the studio, her compositions draw on a variety of techniques. In the 1970s and 1980s, they played an active role in the institutional and artistic recognition of color photography. Jan Groover then developed a keen interest in a late-19th-century process known as the platinum-palladium process.
Edited by Tatyana Franck. With contributions by Bruce Boice, Emilie Delcambre Hirsch, Paul Frèches, Tatyana Franck, Sarah Hermanson Meister, and Pau Maynés Tolosa.
Published by Noir sur Blanc - Musée de l’Élysée, 2019
21.5 cm 27.7 cm, 192 pages
ISBN
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