Exhibitions
Beyrouth, Mon Amour (Group Exhibition))
Institut du monde arabe, Paris
11.09. – 24.11.2019
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
02.05.– 02.06.2019
Book Signings
Kehrer Verlag@Paris Photo
9 November 2019, 3pm
Reviews
Spiegel Online, 21.04.2019
Vladimir Antaki The Guardians
For his series The Guardians Antaki traveled across Europe, the Middle East and America, photographing shopkeepers or »Guardians«. These Guardians are keepers of what Antaki terms »urban temples«, unique spaces which, in an age of cookie-cutter, corporate shops, hearken back to an earlier time and mode of urban life. Antaki creates visually arresting portraits of the Guardians that make the viewer connect to the beauty of these often forgotten spaces. Antaki believes that these temples are the heart and soul of every city; they are what give the urban center its uniqueness in time and place. There is also a duty of memory associated with these spaces. As so many of them are closing, it falls to artists such as Antaki to preserve their memory and pay them tribute.
The book includes portraits and statements from 45 shopkeepers and artisans from Beirut, Berlin, Bordeaux, Istanbul, London, Mexico City, Miami, Montréal, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Venice Beach.
Hardcover with belly-band
30 x 24 cm
112 pages
58 color illustrations
English, French
Out of print
ISBN 978-3-86828-925-1
2019
Artists:
Design:
Marc Kandalaft, RAP
Product information "Vladimir Antaki"
For his series The Guardians Antaki traveled across Europe, the Middle East and America, photographing shopkeepers or »Guardians«. These Guardians are keepers of what Antaki terms »urban temples«, unique spaces which, in an age of cookie-cutter, corporate shops, hearken back to an earlier time and mode of urban life. Antaki creates visually arresting portraits of the Guardians that make the viewer connect to the beauty of these often forgotten spaces. Antaki believes that these temples are the heart and soul of every city; they are what give the urban center its uniqueness in time and place. There is also a duty of memory associated with these spaces. As so many of them are closing, it falls to artists such as Antaki to preserve their memory and pay them tribute.
The book includes portraits and statements from 45 shopkeepers and artisans from Beirut, Berlin, Bordeaux, Istanbul, London, Mexico City, Miami, Montréal, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Venice Beach.
Hardcover with belly-band
30 x 24 cm
112 pages
58 color illustrations
English, French
Out of print
ISBN 978-3-86828-925-1
2019
Artists:
Design:
Marc Kandalaft, RAP
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