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Marie-Jo Lafontaine: Babylon Babies
MarieJo Lafontaine Babylon Babies
Author: Paul Ardenne, Hawa Djabali, Charles Dreyfus, Robert Eichhorn, Willem Elias, Romuald Hazoume, Adolph Muschg, Simon Njami, Marie-Jo Lafontaine
Amid her current explorations of multilayered topics such as identity, the city, cultural spaces in urban areas, and youth culture, Belgian artist Marie-Jo Lafontaine presents her newest series, Babylon Babies. Comprised of large-format portrait photographs of teenagers superimposed on brightly colored monochromatic backgrounds, Babylo...  more » performs an iconography of youth that goes beyond the usual clichés, confronting the viewer with independent young people whose photographic representations refuse any context and are therefore open for projection. In her multicultural cast of head shots, Lafontaine goes far beyond the United Colors of Benetton, presenting a familiar, beautiful array of youths, but never on the suspicious level of the über youth. Essays by Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Hawa Djabali, Charles Dreyfus, Simon Njami, Paul Ardenne, Romuald Hazoumé, Robert Eichhorn, Adolph Muschg and Willem Elias. Hardcover, 8.75 x 10.25 in. 176 page, 114 color illustrations. Each book is signed by the artist
ISBN-13: 9783775791199
ISBN-10: 3775791191
Publication Date: 5/2/2003
Pages: 176
Edition: Limited Edition
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Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
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