MARGUERITE BORNHAUSER
WHEN BLACK IS BURNED
Published by Simple Editions, 2023
Book size 16 x 23.5 cm
216 pages
Hard cover
Limited edition of 600 copies
Language English
Photographs: Marguerite Bornhauser
Text: Damarice Amao
Graphic design: Joanna Starck
( one slightly damaged copy left )
When black is burned is a series somewhere between reality and fiction, poetry and everyday life, that plays with the codes of abstraction and photographic figuration to plunge us into a chiaroscuro universe, brightly colored and populated by shadows, ghosts and daydreams. This work is made up of dense light and materials where shadows create landscapes and motifs. The burnt black of the shadows resonates with the intensity of the colors and the sensuality of the bodies. In this series, we present, for the first time, reworked negative photographs - painted or colored - alongside silver and digital photographs of all kinds. The book is accompanied by an original text by Damarice Amao, an art historian currently working at the Center Pompidou-Paris.
Text from the publisher
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When black is burned is a series between reality and fiction, poetry and everyday life, which plays with the codes of abstraction and photographic figuration to immerse us in a chiaroscuro universe, with bright colors, populated by shadows, ghosts and daydreams. This work is made of light and dense materials where shadows create landscapes and patterns. The burnt black of the shadows resonates with the intensity of the colors and the sensuality of the bodies. In this series, we present for the first time reworked negative photographs - painted or colored - alongside silver and digital photographs of all kinds. The book is accompanied by an original text by Damarice Amao, an art historian currently working at the Centre Pompidou-Paris.
Editor's text