Paul Solberg: 10 Years in Pictures: 10 Years in Pictures

by Paul Solberg

Overview

"To paraphrase Picasso, we might say that Solberg belongs to a class of artists who 'do not seek, but find'. Offering us an essential vision of the world." - José Guirao
"Paul's images evoke bygone eras, while remaining fresh and immediate." Sir Elton John
"Solberg's work is mystical, hopeful, and timeless; a world in which Solberg lives, and wishes we could all live." Jason Sheftell, New York Daily News

A selection of ten years of photographs from today's rising photographer, Paul Solberg, from Sicily to Jordan, Cairo to Vietnam, back to the wild and the un-wild American west. From the skin of a flower petal to the skin of youth. From the intimate portrait of Ai Weiwei to haunting faces of America's Armed Forces. Each photograph takes the viewer on an escape into another world.

Paul Solberg (1969, Minnesota), a rising photographic force, before moving to NYC in 1996, he studied Anthropology at the University of Cape Town, and extensive travel, from years South Africa, to South America and Asia. Solberg began his photographic career with his first published book, Bloom (2005), following Puppies Behind Bars (2006), Tyrants + Lederhosen (2011), and Tattoos, Hornets & Fire (2012). Originally known for his exquisite still life portraits, the same sensitivity is seen in his human subjects, such as his celebrated portraits are of Ai Wei Wei (2008), and his haunting portraits of the Armed Forces in Service (2010), which resides in such collections as the Elton John Photography Collection. Solberg's photographs have been published in Publisher's Weekly, Le Figaro, CNN, La Lettre, Interview Magazine, WSJ Int l Edition, Conde Nast Traveler, The Huffington Post, and New York Daily News. Solberg's work has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries including La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Subte Museum (Montevideo), Galerie Sho Contemporary Art (Tokyo), Galerie Hiltawsky (Berlin), Karl Hutter Fine Art (LA), Casa de Costa (NY), Peter Marcelle Project (NY) and Galerie Catherine Houard (Paris). Solberg lives in New York City.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990532033
Publisher:	G Arts LLC
Publication date:	09/20/2015
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	9.16(w) x 12.10(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

Paul Solberg (1969, Minnesota), a rising photographic force, he studied Anthropology at the University of Cape Town, and extensive travel, from years South Africa, to South America and Asia. Solberg began his photographic career with his first published book, Bloom
(2005), following Puppies Behind Bars (2006), Tyrants + Lederhosen
(2011), and Tattoos, Hornets and Fire (2012). Originally known for his exquisite still life portraits, the same sensitivity is seen in his human subjects, such as his celebrated portraits are of Ai Wei Wei (2008), and his haunting portraits of the Armed Forces in Service (2010), which resides in such collections as the Elton John Photography Collection. Solberg's photographs have been published in Publisher's Weekly, Le Figaro, CNN, La
Lettre, Interview Magazine, WSJ Int l Edition, Conde Nast
Traveler, The Huffington Post, and New York Daily News.
Solberg's work has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries including La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Subte Museum (Montevideo), Galerie Sho
Contemporary Art (Tokyo), Galerie Hiltawsky (Berlin), Karl Hutter Fine Art
(LA), Casa de Costa (NY), Peter Marcelle Project (NY) and Galerie Catherine
Houard (Paris). Solberg lives in New York City.

Josè Guirao has been a major force in the avant-garde art movement in Spain for more than twenty five years. He has held top management positions at numerous arts and cultural institutions, including Director of the National
Museum Centre of Art Reina Sofia in Madrid, where he was responsible for the remodelling of the museum's permanent collection and the driving force in the
Museum Extention (1994-2000). Director of Fine Arts and Archives of the Spanish
Ministry of Culture (1993-1994), and Director of Cultural Heritage of Andalusia
Boards of Governors (1988-1993). Since 2001, he has been a director at La Casa
Encendida, a multipurpose, cultural space and museum belonging to the
Montemadrid Foundation, fostering some of the most important figures in contemporary art, including Patti Smith, Antoni Tapies, Juan Goytisolo, John
Berger, and Nobel Peace Prizewinners Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams. Today,
Guirao serves as Director of the Monemardrid Foundation, where he continues to head one of the world's most dynamic enclaves for the arts.

Editorial Reviews

Ten Years in Pictures, Paul Solberg’s fifth photographic compendium, is a catalogue of ethnographic encounters with a startling diversity of artistic topography; drawing together sepia sailors, haunted soldiers, priests, Wild West horses, flower petals and Ai Weiwei that have gathered together in his lens across the years.

Rooms Magazine, October 12, 2015 - Suzanna Swanson Johnston

This season, photographer Paul Solberg launches his latest book, Ten Years in Pictures, looking back at his past decade of picture making. Called both "powerful" and "fragile" by Calvin Klein, Solberg is known as much for his still life as he is for his portraiture.

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