#Hatje Cantz

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The architecture of expressionism was one of Wolfgang Pehnt’s life themes: already in 1973 he published the first edition of his reference work „Die Architektur des Expressionismus“, a fundamental study of the origins and manifestations of expressionist tendencies in European architecture with an emphasis on the German developments. For a long time I had been searching for the last and significantly expanded edition from 1998, published by Hatje Cantz, and a while ago I finally found a copy in the right condition. In contrast to earlier editions the present one is larger in size and also includes a number of stunning color photographs that perfectly suit the colors of some of expressionism’s most significant buildings. Beyond this the strength of the book not only is Pehnt’s lucid writing but also his ability to tie together the different strands of expressionism. Pehnt leads the reader along the precursors Antoni Gaudí, the Prague Cubists and also the German Monumentalism of the turn of the century towards the German key expressionists Hans Poelzig, Bruno and Max Taut and the „Gläserne Kette“ architects. In individual chapters Pehnt introduces important members like the Brothers Luckhardt, Hans Scharoun or Hermann Finsterlin whose utopian architectural visions evidence the polyphony of expressionism.

The other end of the spectrum represents the Northern German Expressionism: while the metropolitan exponents around Bruno Taut and Walter Gropius dreamt up a messianic communism, protagonists like Fritz Höger and Bernhard Hötger indulged in Germanic mythology and the brick as representative of the German temper. So, it is not surprising that both later associated themselves with the Nazis.

In terms of European expressionism Pehnt primarily focuses on Amsterdam School and its exponents Michel de Klerk and Piet Kramer but also sheds light on the anthroposophical architecture by Rudolf Steiner in Switzerland. In so doing Pehnt shows the varied forms and ideas behind expressionist architecture and demonstrates that based on very different starting points at least partially congruent architectural expression was able to emerge. A fascinating and insightful read!

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rom #34, matthias hoch 2004

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The iconic black-and-white photographs of Hamburg-born photographer Frank Habicht (born 1938) reflect the spirit of the Swinging Sixties in London. In the 1960s, the conservative postwar years in England gave way to a period of upheaval, with a younger generation dreaming of an unconstrained life, one full of free love, peace and harmony. On the streets of the British capital, Habicht began photographing the profound social and political changes that were underway.

1. Part of the Scene. Alice, London socialite, Rolling Stones Hyde Park concert 1969. 2. Untitled, 1969. 3. Live It To The Hilt - Renee, Westminster Bridge 1969. 4. Gone By Times - Renee, Westminster Bridge 1969. 5. Fine Arts Student, St. Martin’s College, Holborn. 6. Marriage à la mode, 1968. 7. Leaving Tomorrow Behind - Mata Hari Boutique, Earls Court, 1967. 8. Rule Britannia, Britannia Rule The Waves. 9. No Loss of Face, Earls Court. 10. Frank in the 60s, self portrait.

Frank Habicht. From his book As It Was, © Frank Habicht/© (p) Hatje Cantz 2018.

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Detail of Self portrait with headband, New York Studio, New York, USA c1932 by Lee Miller.

© Lee Miller Archives England 2023

Portrait of Space, Al Bulwayeb, near Siwa, Egypt 1937 by Lee Miller.

© Lee Miller Archives England 2023

Fire Masks, Downshire Hill, London, England 1941 by Lee Miller.

© Lee Miller Archives England 2023

Nude bent forward, Paris, France c1930 by Lee Miller.

© Lee Miller Archives England 2023

A beauty who captured war’s ugliness, Lee Miller’s time is finally here: Surrealist Lee Miller is at Heide Museum of Modern Art from November 4, 2023 to February 25, 2024.

The model, muse, photographer and trailblazer is the subject of a new exhibition - and a film starring Kate Winslet.

The exhibition, Surrealist Lee Miller, at Heide Museum of Modern Art features more than 100 photographs, spanning portrait, fashion and surrealist photography in Paris and New York in the 1920s and ’30s, along with landscape, architecture and World War II.

By Kerrie O'Brien

The Age - October 29, 2023

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Lee Miller

On April 30, 1945, photojournalists David E. Scherman and Lee Miller produced one of the most controversial photographic series of the twentieth century; while documenting Hitler's apartment on the day of his suicide, they photographed each other bathing in the Führer's tub. In Hatje Cantz's new release, Elissa Mailänder writes, "Within Germany, Hitler represented less horror and mass violence than he did rebirth and the ambitious project to Germanize Europe. Miller observed Hitler’s neighbors in Bogenhausen with perplexity: 'The attitude of these Germans was odd. They talked quite normally about... that Hitler was a great man with the right ideas, but he had been badly advised and controlled by gangsters.' Considering the widespread goodwill and profound respect for Hitler, Miller’s and Scherman’s action, as a woman and especially as a Jew, can be interpreted as an act of provocation. It was a (successful) attempt to deconstruct the Führer as a (German) identification figure and hereby to undermine his aura at a time when the war had not officially ended. Although Hitler and his wife had just taken their lives, Germany, which lay in ruins, had not yet capitulated. Embedded in that contemporaneous context, the bathtub photographs sent a clear and defiant message to Germany and international society: The Führer is dead. And now we are here."

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Lee Miller

Hatje Cantz

$45.00

Pbk, 8.25 x 11.5 in. / 160 pgs / 70 color.

Pub Date: 8/25/2015 | Not available

U.S. $45.00 CAD $60.00

ISBN 9783775739559

Edited by Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Walter Moser. Text by Anna Hanreich, Astrid Mahler, Elissa Mailänder, Walter Moser, Ute Wrocklage.

Lee Miller (1907-77) began her artistic career in 1929 as a Surrealist photographer in Paris. She produced images, often in collaboration with Man Ray, in which she isolated motifs by means of tight framing and experimental techniques, and in doing so rendered visible a paradoxical reality.

This publication surveys Miller's best works, including early Surrealist compositions as well as travel photos. At the end of World War II, Miller traveled through Europe as a war reporter, producing harrowing photographs of considerable historical significance. One of her most spectacular pictures originated in late April 1945 in Adolf Hitler's city apartment at Prinzregentenplatz in Munich: Lee had a photo taken of herself sitting naked in the dictator's bathtub--not long after having captured on film the crimes committed in the concentration camps in Dachau and Buchenwald immediately after their liberation by the occupying forces (Miller was one of the first photographers to do so).

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[photobookjunkies]

📚 From our bookstore:

From Here To There: Alec Soth’s America (Hatje Cantz, 2010)

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Für ein besseres Miteinander - Wie Architektur sozialisieren kann

Daniel Thalheim Soziales Ansinnen in der Baugeschichte hat es schon lange gegeben, bevor wirr uns philosophisch darüber Gedanken machen. Archäologen grubbern immer wieder Wohnanlagen aus grauen Vorzeiten aus, wo sie in den Räumlichkeiten durchaus Unterschiede in ihren Nutzungen feststellen. Die Steinzeitmenschen haben doch nicht mit ihrem Vieh in einem Stall gelebt, könnte die einhellige Meinung…

[marcogiovenale]

floating poetry, meandering mindscape / yahon chang - isang yun (berlin, 29 april 2023)

St. Elisabeth, Berlin Invalidenstraße: Der taiwanesische Kalligraf bemalt eine Leinwand von 15 x 20 Metern zu Musik von Isang Yun. Adele Bitter (Violoncello), Holger Groschopp (Klavier). Werke von Isang Yun: Espace I for Violoncello and Piano (1992), Glissées for Violoncello solo (1970), Shao Yang Yin for Piano solo (1966), Nore for Violoncello and Piano (1964), Studio Yahon Chang, Isang Yun…

[peoplematchingartworks]

My new book contains various series

[prettyfamous]

Renegades. San Francisco: Queer Life in the 1990s | Chloe Sherman | Hatje Cantz | 2023

The accompanying exhibition is on show at f3 - freiraum für fotografie in Berlin from 30 June - 3 September 2023.

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⁇ My Little Old Boy ⁇ Lim Young-woong Appearance, TV Viewer Ratings Up 16.1%

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The history of postwar church architecture surely would have been significantly different if it weren’t for two things: Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp chapel and the Second Vatican Council. Both unleashed an unprecedented creativity on the part of architects and church officials with regard to form and layout.

In 2018 photographer Jamie McGregor Smith moved to Vienna and experienced the Wotruba Church, admittedly one of the most fascinating brutalist churches. This experience nurtured his desire to discover more of these kinds of modern churches and to get behind the dichotomy of an anti-modern institution and the modern church architecture. The result is “Sacred Modernity - The Holy Embrace of Modernist Architecture”, recently published by Hatje Cantz. The book collects outstanding examples of modernist church architecture from Germany, Austria, Italy, England and Poland, with each church being presented from inside and out. The impressive selection of buildings shows the ingenious spirit with which architects approached the task: audacious concrete constructions, expressive load-bearing structures and a great variety of plans that also tell of the different liturgical requirements established by the parishes. Beyond obvious examples like Gottfried Böhm’s Neviges Pilgrimage Church or Giovanni Michelucci’s Santa Maria Immacolata Jamie McGregor Smith also photographed a number of little-known gems outside metropolitan areas. The churches are organized along characterizing theological terms, a very interesting approach that adds moments of reflection to a visually stunning book.

With that said “Sacred Modernity” deserves nothing less than an enthusiastic recommendation for anyone fascinated with the multi-sensory experience modern churches are capable of providing. A real treat!

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Fringe - Hatje Cantz 2023 by tabea blumenschein Via Flickr: Zeichnung Tabea Blumenschein Townes Archive

[arcimboldisworld]

Wayne Thiebaud - Fondation Beyeler Riehen.

Wayne Thiebaud - Fondation Beyeler Riehen. #Ausstellung #Museum #PopArt #Kunst #Art #FondationBeyeler #Riehen #WayneThiebaud

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From BODIES IN URBAN SPACES, a series by WILLI DORNER

© Willi Dorner, 2007-present.

The photographic documentation of Lisa Rastl about Willi Dorner’s project is available as a photo book by Hatje Cantz Verlag.

(Sources: www.ciewdorner.at/ instagram.com/ciewillidorner/)

[milksockets]

'lady in waiting, 2003' in louise bourgeois: the spider + the tapestries -hatje cantz (2015)