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