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The Magic Eye
Rene Groebli
SIGNED Rene Groebli
Limited Numbered Edition of 300 Copies
This is Number 117
Switzerland. Edition Bildhalle. 2020. First edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket asissued. SIGNED and numbered by Rene Groebli on the title page. Limited to 300copies. This is number 117. 200 pages. 122 color and black and whiteillustrations. A retrospective monograph. 9¼ x 13¼ inches. New unread copy.
Photographs by Rene Groebli. Edited by Mirjam Cavegn. Textsby Stefan Zweifel, Daniele Muscionico, Guido Magnaguagno, Hans-Michael Koetzleand Daniel Blochwitz.
First book ever published that comprises 60 years ofGroebli’s photographic work with a representative selection, Best of 60 Yearsin one high quality photo book.
This photography book is the first ever presentation of ReneGroebli’s pictures spanning a good half century although with no claim tocompleteness.
Mirjam Cavegn personally selected the pictures, introducingus to the wide spectrum of Groebli’s photography. She produced this publicationwith her gallery as a tribute to an artist whom she has represented for manyyears, building friendship with him over the years and devoting severalexhibitions to his work.
Rene Groebli already scaled the Olympus of photographichistory with his early work: Rail Magic (1949) and The Eye of Love (1952), andyet his lifework encompasses so very much more. He has spent over six decadesin single minded, experimental pursuit of images that both jog visualassumptions and chart new territory whether in the four walls of his studio, inhis dark room or in his Alsatian country house, whether on the road in Londonor Paris, Ireland or Peru.
The photographs are not arranged in strict chronologicalorder, but rather represent what might be called a lyrical response to ReneGroebli’s approach, for his perception of the world is as much felt as it isseen.
Thus, between these pages, we encounter the sizzlingeroticism of newlyweds in Paris and eloquent testimonials to the artist’sadmiration of his partner Rita. We discover his fascination with movement andspeed, brilliantly rendered through blurring and near breakneck angles of view.We encounter the saturated hues of his unique, innovative color photography,through which even commissioned work becomes timeless art. The visceral poetryof Groebli’s images erupts time and again, touching the very core of our being.
We cannot help feeling that here at work is a shaman ofphotographic grain and chromatic brilliance, an uncompromising craftsman tryingout an endless array of ideas.
It is a feast for the eyes when the lifework of this artistand photographer passes in review. Every picture of this artist is aremembrance of lived time. An outstanding, astonishing oeuvre has accumulatedin the course of his life. This publication bears witness. An enchanted world,page after page. It reveals Rene Groebli as a magician with the camera and thecamera as his magic eye.
From the Foreword by Daniel Blochwitz:
Rene Groebli has always been an artist on the move. Movementis second nature to him, which explains why the development of his art does notfollow a linear path and his works cannot be read as single iconic pictures.Groebli feels and works lyrically. He apprehends the medium of photography as acentrifugal force moving out from the centre – a centre that is dynamic, theprimal form of creativity. —Daniele Muscionico
New signed and numbered limited edition copy.
SIGNED Rene Groebli.
