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He was there

Item date(s): 2012

Mariken Wessels  - (book artist)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 320mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Edition: #53/???


Place publication: Amsterdam
Publisher: Artists Book
ISBN: 978-90-813859-2-3

Additional notes:
"He was there" is a published as a concertina folding. It represents a timeline that unfolds to 9 meters in length. The book is presented in a handmade brown card box with the title and author in blind on the front cover. (original concept 2006). Dimensions 24 cm x 33 cm.

"He was there" explores the anthropology of a man in his own reality. In a voyeuristic way Wessels observes and captures a man while he is unpacking his suitcase. The book investigates and plays with the voyeurism characteristic, with the man eventually provoking the beholder. Who is watching whom? And where does it take place, in a park maybe or a zoo?

Ref: GB/14401



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