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Litter Only

Könemann, 2000

Alexandra Martini

 


"There are many reasons why traveling is so great. Change, adventure, the pleasure gained from new impressions of people, culture, communication, interest in the variety of the world. Because on the spot, everything is excitingly different. This difference often manifests itself in quite banal everyday ways -it's the little difference that tells you that you're somewhere else.
So here the spotlight is on the litter bin, the trash can -often overlooked in spite of its very public appearance and general usefulness. These photographs of litter bins were taken over a period of many years, simply for the pleasure of observation, experience, documentation, and taking photographs. At the same time, they also remind me of having been in a particular place at a particular time. And to this was added the pleasure of collecting, so that today, with the contributions from family and friends, my collection contains well over 1000 photographs of litter bins in more than thirty countries on every continent.
This book is arranged by design feature, for example the type of fastening, purpose, opening, shape, volume, so the result is a kind of flipbook: the bins change in the course of the book from square to round, from top-loaders via baskets to free-standing and hanging versions.
The more love expended on litter bins, the more the container itself becomes an object worth looking at. But the minimalist version has its charms too. There is no limit to the variety of shapes, materials and colors. Viewed side by side, the objects develop a very special dynamic and reveal interesting facts about their cultural context. And so there arises a global typology of the trash can, a small litter-bin universe, which is now presented to the reader as a travel guide.
Perhaps you will be inspired by this little book to devote an uneveryday look to the everyday. Because there are surprising things to be found everywhere. And maybe the next time you are in Rio, Tokyo, Berlin or wherever, you will see among litter bin into which you casually throw your banana skin. In any case, have fun looking, observing, photographing and bursting into the occasional broad grin." Alexandra Martini

 

 

Mami Wata - La peinture urbaine au Congo

Gallimard - Le temps des images, 2003

Bogumil Jewsiewcki

 


"A Kinshasa, Lubumbashi et Bunia s'est affirmée, à partir de 1950, une peinture de chevalet, qui a remplacé la peinture sur case et s'adresse tant à une clientèle étrangère que locale. Elle s'inscrit dans une culture qui ne rompt ni avec les traditions villageoises, qu'elles soient orales ou plastiques, ni avec l'ambiance moderne de la ville: l'usine, les bars, les nouvelles musiques et pratiques sociopolitiques. Bogumil Jewsiewicki décrypte les codes de cette production artistique dont les images -les "icônes mémorielles"- suivent le fil de l'histoire du Congo"

 

 

 

Manhole Covers

The MIT Press, 1994

Mimi Melnick, Robert A. Melnick

 

 

Contents

Older Unidentified Covers
Utiliy Covers
Sewer and Drain Covers
Vents and Grates
Maintenance Covers
Handhole Covers
Contemporary Covers

 

Ici bon coiffeur
Les enseignes de coiffeurs en Afrique

Syros Alternatives , 1992

Jean-Marie Lerat


"Les enseignes de coiffeur sont certainement une des plus authentiques survivances urbaines de l'art traditionnel africain. Elles décrivent l'être du contemporain comme le masque et la coiffure exprimaient l'âme ancestrale.
En marge des courants officiels, les panneaux sont ainsi le reflet sensible des changements socio-culturels et traduisent les aspirations profondes de populations en pleine mutation.
A la saveur d'art brut s'ajoute le hiératisme instinctif du masque, à sa vigueur expressive le caractère fonctionnel d'enseigne, rendant à cet art des rues toute la puissance créatrice de l'art nègre. Ce livre reproduit les plus belles de ces enseignes et donne la parole aux principaux peintres qui se sont spécialisés dans ce domaine."

 

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