Description: The Rape of Africa David Lachapelle SIGNED David LaChapelleLimited Numbered Edition. This is Number 119 of 250 15.00 Galerie Alex Daniels and Reflex Amsterdam. 2009. First edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. SIGNED by David Lachapelle on the first free endpaper. Numbered on the colophon. This is number 119. This is from a limited edition of 3000 copies of which 250 are numbered and signed by the artist. Very good plus. The latest work from David LaChapelle a serious artistic take on global politics. Drawing on a broad base that ranges from art history to street culture, LaChapelle’s new work is turning many a stiff necked critic’s head, focusing the lens of celebrity and fashion on consumerism and cultural hierarchies. The Rape of Africa makes references to conquest and plunder, child soldiers, unethical gold and diamond mining, and the commodification of African beauty. Crazy and brash, bright, loud and glamorous, David LaChapelles photographs have an instantly recognizable look to them. The artist draws inspiration in, and provides a response to, Botticelli’s painting Venus and Mars. LaChappelle’s contemporary tableau tells a story of innocence, war, destruction and material consumption balanced alongside beauty and desire. This exhibition catalogue explores this piece through a double page, full color spread of the work, various sketches, preparatory watercolors and two essays, written respectively by Colin Wiggins, from the National Gallery, London, and Wim Pijbes, Director of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Very good plus. Tan cloth covered boards with black titles, corners straight, red cloth covered spine with bright gold titles on spine. Book body appears to be new, clean and bright. Internally, hinges sound. Binding tight. Handled with the greatest of care if at all. Illustrated throughout. SIGNED David Lachapelle. Limited numbered edition. This is number 119. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
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Country/Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
Topic: Photography: Monographs
Binding: Hardcover
Origin: European
Printing Year: 2009
3rd Level Category: Monographs
Subject: Art & Photography
Special Attributes: Signed, 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Numbered
