Bourgeois scholarship as disguise: "Fake books" are objects that simulate the most important carriers of knowledge and culture by subverting fundamental functions such as visualization, information or entertainment. Most of these "book simulators" are beautiful containers, which serve for storing - or hiding - approximately everything. The viewer is always confronted by the discrepancy between appearance and being, between form and function.
Armin Müller has collected book dummies of very different sizes, styles and provenances from different eras: art-historically valuable, technically sophisticated and historically exciting pieces, but also kitsch of all kinds. The imaginative and creative richness of camouflage and illusion seems to be inexhaustible.
| ISBN: | 9783716518595 |
| Publication date: | 25th June 2020 |
| Author: | Armin Müller |
| Publisher: | Benteli an imprint of Benteli Verlag |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Genres: |
Antiques, vintage and collectables |
Bourgeois scholarship as disguise: "Fake books" are objects that simulate the most important carriers of knowledge and culture by subverting fundamental functions such as visualization, information or entertainment. Most of these "book simulators" are beautiful containers, which serve for storing - or hiding - approximately everything.
Fake Books features in the following genres: Antiques, vintage and collectables
Hardback. £44.96, down from the £49.95 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
Fake Books was written by Armin Müller and published by Benteli an imprint of Benteli Verlag
£44.96, reduced from £49.95. Print on Demand / Special Order.