Sophie Thun / First Monographs

"The body as a tool"
 
A collection of works by Sophie Thun, an artist living in Vienna, Austria.
Covers all exhibitions and works that the author has presented to date. The works of the author do not involve others in the "photography", "production", "exhibition", or even the "subject", and include essays on Sophie Tung by Lucy Gallant, Catherine Wood, and Lisa Long. , allowing the viewer to view the work from multiple perspectives while gaining a new perspective.
At the end of the book, there is an interview with the artist by Charlotte Cotton, author of ``Contemporary Photography'' and a leading critic and curator in the contemporary photography world.
This book is published as the first volume in the First Monograph Series supervised by Phileas, an organization that supports Austrian artists, curators, galleries, and art institutions and aims to develop Austrian contemporary art internationally.
In another interview, the author talked about his work as follows:
"Photography is a very aggressive medium that is strongly associated with ownership. That's why when I express myself with the human body, I always ``use'' myself (rather than others). And you yourself are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. …”＿Sophie Thun
 
Sophie Thun (born 1985, lives in Vienna, Austria)
He primarily creates works by making full use of analog photography techniques, space, process, and production and exhibition conditions. Her work is deeply connected to the context of self-portraiture in European art history, weaving together texts dating back to the 16th century that draw on contemporary young aspiring artists to explore the very challenges they face today. We will also focus on the unfortunate situation within the current art system.
Tung spends much of his time working in the darkroom, bringing his body into direct contact with the photographic paper. Through this, she creates shadows and traces, incorporates them into new images, and transforms them into complex arrangements in space. By directly modifying her photographic works, painting, which is the origin of her artistic medium, is constantly recognized and visualized.
 
Publisher: DISTANZ
Publication year: 2022
Number of pages pages: 112
Size: 280x 210mm
Format: Softcover
Language: English
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Condition: New