Full Description
This well-designed publication features new photographs by London-based artist Bettina von Zwehl (b.1971 in Munich). Following her graduation from the Royal College of Art in 1999, von Zwehl has completed high-profile residencies and had solo exhibitions at museums around the world, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Freud Museum, Holburne Museum, and the New York Historical Society Museum. During a residency in Oxford, von Zwehl researched the Ashmolean's founding collections and the many narratives embedded within the historical objects. This served as inspiration for a unique Wunderkammer book and exhibition that seamlessly transition between still-life, portraiture, monumental and miniature elements, as well as non-art objects and specimens from natural history collections. The artist's aim is to rekindle wonder and curiosity as critical tools for exploring new ideas and unique practices, expanding the boundaries of the photographic medium.
Contents
17 DIRECTOR'S FOREWORD
Xa Sturgis
19 INTRODUCTION
Lena Fritsch
23 IN CONVERSATION
Bettina von Zwehl and Stephen Grosz
41 REMEMBER ME. REMEMBER ME?
(AN OPERA, UNWRITTEN)
Sophy Rickett
54 BETTINA VON ZWEHL'S THE FLOOD
RETHINKING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARK AND THE TRADESCANTS' LEGACY
Ciara Ennis
81 NOTES
83 CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES
84 AN INVENTORY OF THINGS, 2023-24
86 ARTIST ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
96 IMAGE CREDITS
