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Andrea Buttner

Beggars


  • Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag
  • by Andrea Büttner, Anne Carson, Christopher P. Heuer, Linda Nochlin
German artist and 2017 Turner Prize nominee Andrea Buttner examines depictions of beggars in visual culture in an artist's book about poverty, art history, theology, and the politics of social benefits. Buttner, whose work addresses notions of shame, vulnerability, and dignity, presents a recent series of woodcuts, as well research conducted at the Warburg Institute in London.

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ISBN 9783960983439 | E | PB
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Publisher Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag
ISBN 9783960983439
Author(s) Andrea Büttner, Anne Carson, Christopher P. Heuer, Linda Nochlin
Publication date November 2018
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 240 x 170 mm
Illustrations 129 col.ill.
Pages 308
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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German artist and 2017 Turner Prize nominee Andrea Buttner examines depictions of beggars in visual culture in an artist's book about poverty, art history, theology, and the politics of social benefits. Buttner, whose work addresses notions of shame, vulnerability, and dignity, presents a recent series of woodcuts, as well research conducted at the Warburg Institute in London. including sixteenth-century vignettes from the Liber Vagatorum and a visual essay on the iconography of shepherds and kings in nativity scenes.