Ori Gersht

Ori Gersht

History Repeating

By Al Miner Contributions by Roni Baer, Ori Gersht and Yoav Rinon

£55.00

Publication Date: 14th September 2012

  • The first monograph to be published on Israeli-born video-artist and photographer Ori Gersht, whose work has a growing international reputation 
  • Explores eternally relevant themes such as personal and collective trauma, genocide and violence, in under-stated and elegant images 
  • Will appeal to those interested in contemporary art, photograph and video, as well as Jewish history
The first comprehensive survey of the photographs, films, and videos of Ori Gersht, this richly illustrated book presents the best of Gersht's achingly beautiful work and explores how he intertwines spectacles of painterly and narrative imagery with personal and collective memory, metaphysical journeys, contextualized spaces, and the history of art and photography. Pushing the camera to the limits of what it can record, Gersht engages an aesthetic that reflects both a highly researched and instinctive approach to his chosen media. Be it the scars left on the sunlit yet war-torn interiors of bu... Read More
Format: Hardcover
2 in stock
  • The first monograph to be published on Israeli-born video-artist and photographer Ori Gersht, whose work has a growing international reputation 
  • Explores eternally relevant themes such as personal and collective trauma, genocide and violence, in under-stated and elegant images 
  • Will appeal to those interested in contemporary art, photograph and video, as well as Jewish history
The first comprehensive survey of the photographs, films, and videos of Ori Gersht, this richly illustrated book presents the best of Gersht's achingly beautiful work and explores how he intertwines spectacles of painterly and narrative imagery with personal and collective memory, metaphysical journeys, contextualized spaces, and the history of art and photography. Pushing the camera to the limits of what it can record, Gersht engages an aesthetic that reflects both a highly researched and instinctive approach to his chosen media. Be it the scars left on the sunlit yet war-torn interiors of bu... Read More