Cart
Free US shipping over $10
Proud to be B-Corp

Margret Hoppe: The Promise of Modernism Hans-Werner Schmidt

Margret Hoppe: The Promise of Modernism By Hans-Werner Schmidt

Margret Hoppe: The Promise of Modernism by Hans-Werner Schmidt


$29.69
Condition - New
Out of stock

Summary

Published to accompany the "Margret Hoppe - The Promise of Modernism" exhibition in Leipzig, with previously unpublished images of Le Corbusier's architecture. The first monographic book on the photographic artist Margret Hoppe.

Margret Hoppe: The Promise of Modernism Summary

Margret Hoppe: The Promise of Modernism by Hans-Werner Schmidt

Leipzig-born photographer Margret Hoppe is a promising new voice in European photographic art. This new book features her series Apres une Architecture, a photographic perspective of Le Corbusier's architecture that refers to his concept of a modern architecture laid-out in the book Vers une architecture (Toward an Architecture) of 1923. Hoppe's images show Le Corbusier's use of exposed concrete, the clarity of his geometric shapes and the emblematic polychrome surfaces as symbols of his buildings. She investigates what remains today of these visions of architectural modernism, now that its legacy in many cases is adored as a monument rather than actually used and appreciated as a functional piece of architecture. The photographic image transforms the buildings into signs of a highly pictorial and sculptural aesthetic, enabling manifold views at Le Corbusier's work in the present day. The book also presents a selection of Hoppe's photographs of international modernist buildings, alongside two essays and a conversation with the artist. It is published to coincide with a solo exhibition at the Museum der bildenden Kunste in Leipzig.

About Hans-Werner Schmidt

Hans-Werner Schmidt is director of Museum der bildenden Kunste in Leipzig.

Additional information

NPB9783858814616
9783858814616
385881461X
Margret Hoppe: The Promise of Modernism by Hans-Werner Schmidt
New
Hardback
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
2017-08-18
96
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Margret Hoppe: The Promise of Modernism