Piotr Zbierski - Push The Sky Away (French edition) Steidl

Piotr Zbierski - Push The Sky Away (French edition) SteidlDewi Lewis Publishing 2017 Push the Sky Away is Piotr Zbierskis first major publication. Presented as a triptych, it is comprised of series which closely interrelate so that in each what has gone before leads on to the next, creating a sense of continuity and structure. Zbierskis aim is to draw out what he sees as an underlying structure to human existence something unchanged and unchanging. He believes that this lies within the emotions, and in our

when rituals of myth and storytelling might evoke a dark spirit

and economic transformations—while also struggling with the profound divisions and stereotypes rooted in longstanding cultural schisms

This book presents an extensive overview of Van Manen’s work

The publication is funded by the Hessische Kulturstiftung

inspired by the frequent travels that nourished a sharp eye for the liminal types of communities to which I am drawn: people I have met in my wanderings

though it’s all there

The virtuoso balancing act between document and invention

53 x 83 x 21mm

Edition of 25 copies - from the archives of Ute and Werner Mahler

imaginative exercise in form by an undisputed modern master

and the book

Seemingly identical nature shots that repeatedly interrupt the narrative flow reinforce this timelessness