Awards
Selected title German Photo Book Award 2011
Exhibitions
Kommunalen Galerie Berlin
09.03. – 25.04.2010
Vera Mercer Photographs and Still Lifes
After marrying Daniel Spoerri, Vera Mercer joined the artistic avant-garde in early 1960s Paris; she did portraits of Marcel Duchamp and Robert Filliou, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Jean Tinguely and, time and again, Spoerri. In parallel with her portraiture, she took pictures of the old Paris market halls shortly before they were torn down. This is where she encountered for the first time a theme that would occupy her from then on: food items such as fruit and vegetables, meat and fish, in whole or in parts – arranged into still lifes in her home studio. With her flower, fruit and animal images, Mercer takes up a place outside of contemporary art trends, harking back instead to historical models. Classical vanitas motifs such as skulls or half-melted candles serve as mementi mori – symbols of our own mortality. US release date: April 2011 (Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, www.cbsd.com)
Hardcover
23,8 x 28,6 cm
108 pages
39 color and 22 b/w illustrations
German, English
Out of print
ISBN 978-3-86828-111-8
2010
Artists:
Editors:
Matthias Harder
Product information "Vera Mercer"
After marrying Daniel Spoerri, Vera Mercer joined the artistic avant-garde in early 1960s Paris; she did portraits of Marcel Duchamp and Robert Filliou, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Jean Tinguely and, time and again, Spoerri. In parallel with her portraiture, she took pictures of the old Paris market halls shortly before they were torn down. This is where she encountered for the first time a theme that would occupy her from then on: food items such as fruit and vegetables, meat and fish, in whole or in parts – arranged into still lifes in her home studio. With her flower, fruit and animal images, Mercer takes up a place outside of contemporary art trends, harking back instead to historical models. Classical vanitas motifs such as skulls or half-melted candles serve as mementi mori – symbols of our own mortality. US release date: April 2011 (Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, www.cbsd.com)
Hardcover
23,8 x 28,6 cm
108 pages
39 color and 22 b/w illustrations
German, English
Out of print
ISBN 978-3-86828-111-8
2010
Artists:
Editors:
Matthias Harder
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