Daniela Keiser : blue links : cyanotypes / Herausgeberin, Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich, Linda Schadler ; mit Beitragen von Bjorn Egging, Tim Kammasch, Anna Liesching, Linda Schadler ; sowie mit Textinterventionen von Annette Bhagwati [and ten others].
To accompany an exhibition held at the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich, March 30 - June 26, 2022 ; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, March 30-June 26, 2022 and Ulster Museum, National Museums NI Belfast, April 1-June 26, 2022. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Daniela Keiser (b. 1963) is a concept and installation artist, who already has very considerable experience of working with aspects of image science, photography, collage, and language. This is also exemplified in her new group of works. The starting point for her project was Keiser's long-term interest in the cyanography that was invented 1842 and soon put into practice by Anna Atkins (1799-1871), one of the first women to make a name as a photographer. Keiser has breathed new life into this process from the early days of photography. In a multi-step sequence, she creates cyanotypes from found photographs and digital shots of her own. This specific photographic technique is also a trigger of sorts for various motivic and thematic hooks in Keiser's project. She homes in on diverse phenomena: landscapes, settlements, globalisation, agricultural trade and colour per se. The cyanotypes from various thematic fields are being brought together in the book. The texts it contains take very different approaches to Daniela Keiser's art: from philosophical, art-historical and ethnographic to astro-physical, architectural, geo-chemical, geological and poetic - creating an exhilarating, polyphonic chorus that is a fitting match for Keiser's own artistic process. -- Publisher's website.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.