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Gert & Uwe Tobias
The sensational young twins, Gert and Uwe Tobias, in a few short years, have shot from small galleries in Germany to MoMA in New York (November 2007 - February 2008). Their success is especially unusual because they work largely in the world of printed graphics: specifically, the woodcut, a medium long believed to be extinct. Yet with a many-layered process and a combination of figurative and abstract elements, they have made the woodcut come alive again. This substantial exhibition catalog also includes witty “typewritter illustrations” (composed on the typewriter keyboard), and many mixed media works, all of which show the brother’s distinctive combination of humor, horror, playfulness, and graphic mastery. “The art of Gert and Uwe Tobias, the body of work that is their ‘Exquisite Corpse’, equally beautiful, beguiling, and mysterious, continues to unfold,” writes Bob Nickas in an included essay.
English and German text
Hardcover / 81/2 x 11 inches
220 pp / 232 color
ISBN: 978-3-936859-66-9
Retail Price: $85.00
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GERT & UWE TOBIAS
The striking woodcuts and other works of Romanian-born twin brothers, Gert and Uwe Tobias, are linked to the folkloric and ornamental styles of their native land, mixed with pop culture, fantasy and social commentary. This large-format, full-color exhibition catalog, their third book, is the first art historical monograph of their work, featuring reproductions of their amazing gigantic woodcuts, made in a complicated and time-consuming process. The book also includes numerous documentations of their exhibition installations, showing the way the Tobias brothers fence in whole areas with display cabinets, drawing pads or series of prints. Extensive interviews and interpretive texts in English and German shed light on their artistic method.
English & German
Hardcover / 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
184 pp / extensive color
ISBN: 978-3-936859-76-8
Retail Price: $69.95