Book# 35613

Gan, Stephan

Visionaire.

Ort   New York
Jahr   1991
Medium   Zeitschrift, periodical

 

Consecutive run of issues 1-50 of this extraordinary publication devoted to art and fashion, featuring artist collaborations and elaborate packaging for each of its uniquely themed issues. Each issue has a specific format and theme around which prominent artists, designers, photographers, and others create the publication. Includes: Spring * Travel * Erotica * Heaven * The Future * The Sea * Black * The Orient * Faces * The Alphabet * White * Desire * Seven Deadly Sins * Hype! * Cinderella * Calendar * Gold * Fashion Special * Beauty * Comme des Garcons * Deck of Cards/Diamond * Chic * The Emperor''s New Clothes * Light * Visionary * Fantasy * Movement * The Bible * Woman * The Game * Blue * Where? * Touch * Paris * Man * Power * Vreeland Memos * Love * Play * Roses * World * Scent * Dreams * Toys * More Toys * Uncensored * Taste * Magic * Decades * Artist Toys. - One of the most lavishly-produced and multi-faceted periodicals ever produced, Stephen Gan and the editors of Visionaire conceived of the publication as an "album of inspiration" devoted to art and fashion. The issues focus on unique themes ranging from erotica to Louis Vuitton to The Bible, and highlight remarkable collaborations between figures in the contemporary worlds of high art and popular culture, including artists, sculptors, photographers, fashion designers and entertainers. - Each issue is bursting with bold ideas, smart creativity, and sleek design. Photographers such as Mario Testino, Mary Ellen Mark, Bruce Weber, Nan Goldin, Nobuyoshi Araki, and James Nachtwey have participated as well as fashion designers (and art collectors) Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, Helmut Lang, and François Berthoud, among many others. - Beautifully crafted, the issues typically employ multiple materials, including a luxurious Hermes leather travel pouch containing postcards from around the world, a sublime Tiffany''s box (the post-9/11 "Love" issue) with an Elsa Peretti heart, a Levi''s One-Pocket Sack Coat, Diana Vreeland''s newly disclosed memos, the first battery-operated publication, an inkless issue, and an orange corduroy Gap bag. - Visionaire is ongoing, and may be best described in the words of a critic at The Washington Post as "paper and ink as performance art." As radical as it is glamorous, Visionaire represents a true synergy between art and commerce, and revels on the stage of the material world. (Auct. Swann Photographic Litertaure & Photographs, sale 2166, lot 267, New York, NY, 12 Dec. 2008).
Auct. Swann Photographic Litertaure & Photographs, sale 2166, lot 267, New York, NY, 12 Dec. 2008, estimate: 25.000-30.000 .
Photographie 20. Jahrh. Anthologie 21. Jahrh. 

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