{"product_id":"18177-anna-bernhard-blume","title":"Anna \u0026amp; Bernhard Blume","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a collection of Polaroid images and Polaroid collages by Anna and Bernhard Blume produced from 1988 to 2000. The series, entitled Prinzip Grausamkeit (Principle of Cruelty), was a central focus of their work during the nineties. The Cologne artist-couple (born in 1937) referred to the first photos as mutual after the method of their creation. These were followed by a series of works that developed from restrained, experimental early works to a lusty, orgiastic massacre of physiognomic deformation and destruction, in which the artists\u0026#39; faces are tortured and distorted by trivial plastic objects, coat-hangers, and brightly colored household utensils. The honorable, classical genre of the artist\u0026#39;s self-portrait is transformed into a sequence of shameless distortions that, in the words of Anna and Bernhard Blume, \u0026quot;put to rest the myth of the portrait and the autonomy of the subject it seeks to convey.\u0026quot; In the interplay of the blood-red Polaroid images with statements inspired by the French philosopher Clément Rosset, we recognize the sarcastic denial of all comforting metaphysical theories and a villainous pleasure in catastrophe: \u0026quot;Joy knows no mercy.\u0026quot; Exhibition schedule: Kunsthalle Göppingen, June 29 - August 10, 2003 \u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49811850297608,"sku":"9783775791533","price":19.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775791533_0167fe21-181a-4807-bc0d-11817ca9c93f.jpg?v=1744042022","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/18177-anna-bernhard-blume","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}