Elias Wessel

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Wessel‘s »Landscapes« Are Too Present to Be Abstract Art, but Also Too Abstract to Represent the Present

Book publication on the occasion of the exhibition Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the end, though, nothing is lost at Deutsches Haus at NYU, Spring 2018. Published by NYU Arts & Science and Phoebe Verlag, New York. With essays by Anastasia Sokolova & Vladimir Daybov, Union of Artists of Russia; Jenny Graser, Curator of Contemporary Art, Städel Museum Frankfurt am Main (in German and English) and Frank Wolff, Modern History / IMIS, University Osnabrück (in German and English). Concept and design by Uwe Melichar in cooperation with the artist.

This book is realized with support by Deutsches Haus at NYU, NYU Arts & Science and the Kulturstiftung Speyer. Printed by Nino Druck on MetaPaper, Extrasmooth, white. First published in 2018, ISBN 978­3­00­059460­1 (all images © Elias Wessel and VG Bild-Kunst Bonn with courtesy of Phoebe Verlag New York, 2018)

Title page of the book publication Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the end, though, nothing is lost

Excerpt of the essay by Dr. Jenny Graser, Städel Museum Frankfurt am Main within the book publication Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the end, though, nothing is lost

Image of Elias Wessel, Landscapes I, 2014 within the book publication Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the end, though, nothing is lost

Detail view of the publication Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the end, though, nothing is lost

Image of Elias Wessel, Landscapes II, 2014 within the book publication Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the end, though, nothing is lost

Image of Elias Wessel, Landscapes VI, 2014 within the book publication Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the end, though, nothing is lost

Excerpt of the essay by Prof. Dr. Frank Wolff, Modern History / IMIS, University Osnabrück within the book publication Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the end, though, nothing is lost

Detail view of the image of Landscapes V, 2014 within the book publication Elias Wessel: Landscapes – In the end, though, nothing is lost


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