Jan Dibbets, The Photographic Work
Erik Verhagen (Author),
The first monograph covering Dibbets’s iconic photographic oeuvre.
Dutchman Jan Dibbets (b. 1941) is one of the principal artists to have introduced photography into the plastic arts, and this as early as the 1960s. At a time when photography has massively invaded contemporary art institutions – not without generating confusion and excess – it is not easy to evaluate the full radicality of Dibbets’s approach. This radicalism has nothing to do with modernist overkill. Dibbets did not merely go further than others; rather, he simply went ‘elsewhere’. Beginning in 1967, he embarked on a long-range project which, as we advance into the 21st century, he seems not to have abandoned: the ‘pictorializing’ of photography. Jan Dibbets is one of the few artists of his generation and reputation not to have seen his oeuvre accorded full monographic coverage. This exhaustive study seeks to fill this gap by covering almost fifty years of his photographic oeuvre.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1 Context(s) / Beginnings
A Rapid Rise
Going in the Opposite Direction: A Conceptual Crossing
Conceptual photography: the impossible document
On representation
The Perspective Corrections
“Audiovisual Documentation”: the exhibition at the Museum Haus Lange in Krefeld
Process
Metro piece—Paris, The Halifax Diary
Robin Redbreast’s Territory
Elective Affinities: An Impure Minimal Art
Contradictions
Illusionism
Other criteria
Objecthood
Ontological quest
Sequences
The Shadowpieces
Flood Tide
The Shortest Day
Shutterspeed Pieces
Part 2 Pretext(s) / Developments
From Nature to Color
The horizon
The aquatic and vegetal subjects
The Colorstudies
From Structure to Architecture
The Structure panoramas
The last floors, Piccolo mondo, Kosmos, Untitled
The tributes to Saenredam
From Architecture to Windows
San Casciano dei Bagni
Eiffeltower
The first cupolas
The last cupolas
The windows
Minneapolis, Wayzata Windows
The elliptical windows
Part 3 Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography / Exhibitions
Writings by Jan Dibbets
Interviews with Jan Dibbets
Books on Jan Dibbets
Miscellaneous Publications
Selected solo exhibitions
Selected group exhibitions
Index of Works
Photographic Credits
Frequently Asked Questions
What is "Jan Dibbets, The Photographic Work" about?
The first monograph covering Dibbets's iconic photographic oeuvre.
Dutchman Jan Dibbets (b. 1941) is one of the principal artists to have introduced photography into the plastic arts, and this as early as the 1960s. At a time when photography has massively invaded contemporary art institutions - not without generating confusion and excess - it is not easy to evaluate the full radicality of Dibbets's approach. This radicalism has nothing to do with modernist overkill. Dibbets did not merely go further than others; rather, he simply went 'elsewhere'. Beginning in 1967, he embarked on a long-range project which, as we advance into the 21st century, he seems not to have abandoned: the 'pictorializing' of photography. Jan Dibbets is one of the few artists of his generation and reputation not to have seen his oeuvre accorded full monographic coverage. This exhaustive study seeks to fill this gap by covering almost fifty years of his photographic oeuvre.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Who wrote "Jan Dibbets, The Photographic Work"?
"Jan Dibbets, The Photographic Work" was written by Erik Verhagen.
Erik Verhagen is professor of art history at Université de Lille.
Is "Jan Dibbets, The Photographic Work" part of a series?
Yes, "Jan Dibbets, The Photographic Work" is part of the "Lieven Gevaert Series" series. It's book 18 in the series.
The series covers four types of publications:
- outstanding monographic studies
- multi-authored volumes on a specific topic
- book length projects with artists
- translations and/or reprints of classic texts.
All books are published in English and are written for an international audience of scholars.
Format
All books in the series are published in 17*23 cm paperback with French flaps, printed in black and white on white maco paper and with a maximum page extent of 300 pages (120.000 words) including images (unless agreed otherwise).
Authors interested in publishing their book in Open Access can check out the funding options here. Open access books are published under a creative commons license.
Series editors
Hilde Van Gelder, KU Leuven
Alexander Streitberger, UCLouvain
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Proposals and enquiries can be sent to the series editors.
Please make use of the submission form to present the full manuscript to our board.
Authors interested in Open Access can consult the available funding options.
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What is the Table of Contents for "Jan Dibbets, The Photographic Work"?
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1 Context(s) / Beginnings
A Rapid Rise
Going in the Opposite Direction: A Conceptual Crossing
Conceptual photography: the impossible document
On representation
The Perspective Corrections
“Audiovisual Documentation”: the exhibition at the Museum Haus Lange in Krefeld
Process
Metro piece—Paris, The Halifax Diary
Robin Redbreast's Territory
Elective Affinities: An Impure Minimal Art
Contradictions
Illusionism
Other criteria
Objecthood
Ontological quest
Sequences
The Shadowpieces
Flood Tide
The Shortest Day
Shutterspeed Pieces
Part 2 Pretext(s) / Developments
From Nature to Color
The horizon
The aquatic and vegetal subjects
The Colorstudies
From Structure to Architecture
The Structure panoramas
The last floors, Piccolo mondo, Kosmos, Untitled
The tributes to Saenredam
From Architecture to Windows
San Casciano dei Bagni
Eiffeltower
The first cupolas
The last cupolas
The windows
Minneapolis, Wayzata Windows
The elliptical windows
Part 3 Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography / Exhibitions
Writings by Jan Dibbets
Interviews with Jan Dibbets
Books on Jan Dibbets
Miscellaneous Publications
Selected solo exhibitions
Selected group exhibitions
Index of Works
Photographic Credits
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