Karl Lagerfeld: Akstrakt

By Eric Pfrunder

In his latest work, photographer Karl Lagerfeld addresses and explores the notion of Form. In doing so, he takes on the freedom to liberate--in the Beuysian sense--the very concept of art itself, including its implications regarding man's physicality. The strictly conceived and carried-out study Akstrakt consists of only 13 plates, and formally takes up where the Bauhaus left off. The design and production of the book follow rigorously exact rules: the photographs, varnish-sealed in the costly and painstaking tritone process, were printed on Phoenixmotion-Xantur paper. The book block was laid out as a Japanese brochure, encased in a cloth binding with a two-color brass-stamped plate.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 388243757X
• ISBN13: 9783882437577
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 11.0"