• David Levinthal War Games
  • David Levinthal War Games
  • David Levinthal War Games

David Levinthal War Games

David Levinthal, a central figure in the history of American postmodern photography, has staged uncanny tableaux using toys and miniature dioramas for nearly 40 years. Mounted to celebrate the Corcoran Gallerys acquisition of a major, career-spanning body of work, this publication features the artist's photography on the subject of war. Levinthal's combat-related tableaux constitute a remarkable critique of the ways society experiences conflict through its portrayal. His groundbreaking project "Hitler Moves East" (1975-77), a series of imagined scenes from World War II's Russian front, first established his reputation, becoming a touchstone for the iconoclastic generation of American photographers that includes artists like Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince. "Wild West"(1987-89), Levinthal's best-known body of work, explores the American frontier and the American Indian Wars, filtered through the lens of Hollywood westerns and late-20th-century advertising. "Mein Kampf" (1993-94) luridly re-enacts Adolf Hitler's theatrical rallies as well as horrifying scenes from the Holocaust. Levinthal's "I.E.D."(2008) echoes contemporary news imagery of our military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hardcover 28 x 24 cm 144 pages 99 color illustrations English Available ISBN 978-3-86828-412-6 2013

Artist:

David Levinthal

Texts:

Dave Hickey, Paul Roth, Kaitlin Booher

Design:

Design Monster (George Corsillo)

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Awards

Selected title German Photo Book Award 2014

Exhibitions

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
11.05. – 27.10.2013

Book Signings

ICP New York
21.06.2013

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