Main entry:

Gutmann, John, 1905-1998.

Title & Author:

The photography of John Gutmann : culture shock / essay by Sandra S. Phillips.

Publication:

London : Merrell Publishers in association with Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. through St Martin's Press, 2000.

Description:

144 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Exhibition organized by Joel Leivick and Bernard Barryte."
Accompanies the travelling exhibition John Gutmann: culture shock, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, January 19-March 26, 2000; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Aug. 12 - Nov. 5, 2000; San Antonio Museum of Art, Nov. 28, 2000 - Feb. 25, 2001; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, March 13 - May 27, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (page 144).

Summary:

Through the lens of photographer John Gutmann, whose work reveals a unique appreciation of American culture in all of its strangeness and vitality, the U.S urban experience of the twentieth century comes to life. The social turbulence underlying life during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s was Captured memorably by Gutmann in America's cars, signs, clothing, and street life, and also the multitude of surprising individuals he portrayed with both irony and respect. This retrospective volume traces Gutmann's career from his artistic training in Germany, through his resolution to leave during Hitler's ascent to power, to his decision to settle in San Francisco. Selected by the artist shortly before his death in 1998, these photos are as much a record of Gutmann's own culture shock as he experienced America as they are a reflection of a culture shocked by its own restless movement. Published in association with the Irish & B. Gerald Cantor Cantor for Visual Arts at Stanford University.

ISBN:

1858940974 (hardback)
9781858940977
(pbk.)
0858940990
(hardback)
0858940974

Subject:

Gutmann, John, 1905-1998 Exhibitions.
Gutmann, John Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photography, Artistic
Social conditions
United States Social conditions 20th century Pictorial works.
États-Unis Conditions sociales 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs
Illustrated works

Added entries:

Phillips, Sandra S., 1945-
Henry Art Gallery.
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
San Antonio Museum of Art.

Culture shock

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212256
Call No.: TR140.G983 G9 2000
Status: Available