{"product_id":"john-gossage-an-abridged-dictionary-of-sculpture","title":"John Gossage: An Abridged Dictionary of Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican photographer John Gossage (born 1946) is renowned for his intellectually engaging, subversive and exceptionally crafted artist’s books and other publications. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Abridged Dictionary of Sculpture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e affirms this reputation. Across over 50 black-and-white images, Gossage considers the changes objects undergo when they are photographed. Whether a pile of archive folders, a dirty beaker, a heap of baseball caps, a plank of wood or a tuft of grass, he photographs these objects against the same background of white paper, their shadows often asserting as much presence as their concrete forms. With so much of the objects unclear (their volume, scale, weight, three-dimensionality), and each having lost its original purpose, Gossage questions how much of the sculpture’s essence has been preserved in his photographs. Positioned as a dictionary of sorts, this book describes the sculptures rather than embodying them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67494532055268,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0118\/5912\/files\/john-gossage-an-abridged-dictionary-of-sculpture-6_png.jpg?v=1791391664","url":"https:\/\/sandscornershop.com\/products\/john-gossage-an-abridged-dictionary-of-sculpture","provider":"S\u0026S Corner Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}