Bilderbuch / Joachim Schmid

Identifier:FA.B117.2235

Description:Perfect-bound artist's book containing found photographs collected by Schmid covering a variety of subjects, including dog shows, mugshots, and yearbooks. The title translates to English as "Picture Book." From an edition of 250 copies. "What do Elizabeth Taylor, a bicycle seat, Carlos the Jackal, a lobster, Silvio Berlusconi, and a toilet brush have in common? Nothing, except that their photographs all ended up in my archive of scanned printed matter gathered from around the world over four decades. Removed from their original news context and presented without any comment, this apparent random, unrelated series of images turns out to be a miscellaneous reflection of popular obsessions, fears and fantasies."--Artist's statement.