Matt Saunders: Parallel Plot

Chicago / London: The Renaissance Society / University of Chicago/ University of Chicago Press, 2013. Hardcover. Good (Ex-Library from Visual Studies Workshop with small sticker on lower DJ spine and to rear endpaper; DJ is edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; boards are lightly shelfworn; textblock edges are lightly worn and foxed; interior is clean; binding is solid.). B&W illustrated DJ with white lettering; light grey cloth boards with black lettering; 150 pp.; richly illustrated. Berlin-based artist Matt Saunders has in recent years captured the art world's eye with a striking series of hybrid images and animated films produced using techniques from both photography and painting. Using movie stars such as German actress Hertha Thiele and British actor Patrick McGoohan as subjects, Saunders recasts historical film and television images into new discourses about portraiture, iconography, and spectatorship. Matt Saunders: Parallel Plot is both an artist's book and a catalog that documents and reflects on a 2010 exhibition held at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. Reproducing the stunning artwork from that show, the book also includes two conversations between Saunders and artist Josiah McElheny and an essay by experimental film scholar Bruce Jenkins that tackles the relationship among painting, photography, and film, as well as the dynamics of Saunders's iconography. Offering insight into Saunders's sophisticated working methods, this book is an evocative introduction to the work of this intriguing artist and the intertwined histories of film and photography. -- WorldCat.