{"product_id":"lewis-baltz-rule-without-exception-only-exceptions","title":"Lewis Baltz: Rule without Exception \/ Only Exceptions (2-volume set)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoftcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23.77 x 3.84 x 33.1 cm | 376 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteidl | 2012 | 9783869301105\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLewis Baltz (1945-2014) was an important figure in the New Topographics movement of the late 1970s. His best known work was monochrome photography of suburban landscapes and industrial parks which highlighted his commentary of void within the \"American Dream\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis two-volume book covers the full sweep and depth of Baltz's influential oeuvre. \u003cem\u003eRule Without Exception \u003c\/em\u003eis a reissue of Baltz's award-winning mid-career retrospective book which accompanied a travelling exhibition of the same name in 1991. The book surveys Baltz's work from \u003cem\u003eThe Prototype Works\u003c\/em\u003e of 1967 through to \u003cem\u003eSites of Technology\u003c\/em\u003e of 1991, showing the range of his images of industrialised landscapes and technological sites. Each section of the book is accompanied by installation views as well as texts by distinguished writers, some newly commissioned for this edition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly Exceptions\u003c\/em\u003e is a new book chronicling Baltz's work - now usually site-generated commissioned works - from 1992 to 2012 and was published on the occasion of an exhibition organised by the Kunstmuseum, Bonn. \u003cem\u003eOnly Exceptions\u003c\/em\u003e includes Baltz's work in California, Leipzig's Black Triangle, Reggio Emilia, Groningen, Rome, Venice, and two projects with Jean Nouvel in France and Italy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steidl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45522536988930,"sku":"BK-STE-LBRWE-001-J","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_0346_36681e1d-4009-4911-897d-29eacb296c8e.jpg?v=1731169057","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/lewis-baltz-rule-without-exception-only-exceptions","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}