{"product_id":"michael-wolf-the-transparent-city-9781597110761","title":"Michael Wolf: The Transparent City","description":"Chicago, like many urban centers throughout the world, has recently undergone a surge in new construction, grafting a new layer of architectural experimentation onto those of past eras. In early 2007, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, with the support of U.S. Equities Realty, invited Michael Wolf as an artist-in-residence to document this phenomenon. Bringing his unique perspective on changing urban environments to a city renowned for its architectural legacy, Wolf chose to photograph the central downtown area, focusing specifically on issues of voyeurism and the contemporary urban landscape in flux. \u003cbr\u003eThis is Wolf's first body of work to address an American city. Whereas prior series have juxtaposed humanizing details within the surrounding geometry of the urban landscape, in \u003ci\u003eThe Transparent City\u003c\/i\u003e, his details are fragments of life--digitally distorted and hyper-enlarged--snatched surreptitiously via telephoto lenses: Edward Hopper meets \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e. The material resonates with all the formalism of the constructed, architectonic work for which Wolf is well-known, but also emphasizes the conceptual underpinnings of his ongoing engagement with the idea of how modern life unfolds within the framework of the ever-growing contemporary city. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Wolf\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Munich in 1954, grew up in the United States and studied at UC Berkeley and with Otto Steinert at the University of Essen in Germany. Two previous books--\u003ci\u003eSitting in China\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and \u003ci\u003eHong Kong: Front Door\/Back Door\u003c\/i\u003e (2005)--feature his much acclaimed photographs of China. Wolf lives and works in Hong Kong and Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aperture Direct\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597110761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 13.58h x 10.82w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Wolf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53514222895285,"sku":"9781597110761","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781597110761.jpg?v=1791903069","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/michael-wolf-the-transparent-city-9781597110761","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}