Category: landscape









Toshio Shibata
Painting
Landscapes that are both intimate and spectacular, echoing the art of painting which Toshio Shibata studied. This book is designed as a journey, which literally unfolds, through artificial yet grandiose landscapes.
The book Painting reveals 16 unpublished colour photographs by Toshio Shibata, a Japanese photographer who is known for his rigorous and meticulous compositions. The representation of intimate yet spectacular landscapes — natural, and especially artificial — are at the core of Shibata’s work. In keeping with the tradition of painting that Shibata studied in his early years in 1968, this book celebrates the abstraction of beauty. It has been designed in a concertina format that can also be turned into a suspended object — just like a kakemono, a Japanese unframed scroll painting made on paper or silk and displayed as a wall hanging.
Hardcover
21 x 27 cm
16 colours plates
20-page concertina book with a ribbon on the spine
English / French
Publication date: 9 July 2021
ISBN : 979-10-96383-24-5
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Geraldo de Barros
Sobras
Sobras is Geraldo de Barros’ most intimate series: he works from his family archives, cutting and gluing them into a black-and-white world.
Geraldo de Barros (1923-98) is one of the major figures of the Brazilian artistic scene during the second half of the 20th century. He was an inventive and experimental artist with a diverse practice that included painting, photography and design, as well as being one of the founding members of concrete art in São Paulo.
Following a series of strokes, de Barros returned to photography at the end of the 90s. Revisiting his archive with the help of an assistant, he created cuts and collages from old family photographs – making his last and most personal series: « Sobras » (Remains).
The book « Sobras » is the first international publication devoted to this work, and sits somewhere between a historical tribute and artist book. Vanessa Barbara, a young Brazilian writer, compliments de Barros’ last photographs with a quirky short story inspired by his striking world, in which pitch blacks contrast with the dazzling white snow of his winter memories.
Photographs: Geraldo de Barros
Concept and editing: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi & Vasantha Yogananthan
Short story: Vanessa Barbara
Design: Atelier Pentagon (Vanessa Goetz & Guillaume Allard)
124 pages
65 photographs
23 cm x 33 cm
Hardcover
English, French, Portuguese
1500 copies
Publication date: 18 April 2017
ISBN: 979-10-96383-00-9
Winner Prix Nadar 2017
Shortlisted for Arles Historical Book Award 2017
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Geraldo de Barros
Sobras
Geraldo de Barros (1923-98) is one of the major figures of the Brazilian artistic scene during the second half of the 20th century. He was an inventive and experimental artist with a diverse practice that included painting, photography and design, as well as being one of the founding members of concrete art in São Paulo.
Following a series of strokes, de Barros returned to photography at the end of the 90s. Revisiting his archive with the help of an assistant, he created cuts and collages from old family photographs – making his last and most personal series: « Sobras » (Remains).
The book « Sobras » is the first international publication devoted to this work, and sits somewhere between a historical tribute and artist book. Vanessa Barbara, a young Brazilian writer, compliments de Barros’ last photographs with a quirky short story inspired by his striking world, in which pitch blacks contrast with the dazzling white snow of his winter memories.