{"product_id":"fractured-figure-vol-ii-dakis-joannou-collection-deitch-projects-deste-foundation-2008","title":"FRACTURED FIGURE: Vol. II — Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deitch Projects \/ DESTE Foundation, 2008","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition book. 29.21 × 37.46 cm. 216 pages. Paperback, oversized. Illustrated throughout in colour. Edited by Urs Fischer with Cassandra MacLeod. Exhibition curated by Jeffrey Deitch. Published by Deitch Projects \/ DESTE Foundation, 2008. Distributed exclusively by D.A.P.; out of stock indefinitely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in connection with \u003cem\u003eFractured Figure\u003c\/em\u003e, the DESTE Foundation project drawn from the Dakis Joannou Collection and staged in Athens, 2007–2008. Part of a two-volume book project, with Fischer extending the exhibition into a designed printed form. The publication brings together a dense field of contemporary figuration: Basquiat, Cattelan, Fischer, Gober, Kippenberger, Koons, McCarthy, Mutu, Noble \u0026amp; Webster, Prince, Schutz, Wekua and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cover reproduces a hyperrealist painted relief — a male head in profile, rendered in flesh tones against a warm beige ground, with a small bird or animal form at the shoulder — with the title \u003cem\u003efractured figure\u003c\/em\u003e set in plain black lowercase type across the lower half. The back cover carries a black-and-white photographic collage: two hands holding a small reproduction of a landscape painting, layered over torn paper and circular marks. The interior moves between sculpture, drawing, painting and installation, with full-bleed colour plates and minimal captioning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection catalogue that behaves like an exhibition apparatus. Private holdings are converted into public sequence: bodies, fragments, monsters, celebrities, wounds, jokes, market signs. The figure appears not as stable subject but as inventory — damaged, reproduced, installed, circulated. The object records a moment when contemporary figuration, private collecting and exhibition design were folded into one oversized printed support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: good used condition. Visible rubbing, scratches, edge wear, softened corners and handling marks to wrappers. Interior clean and well-bound. Wear consistent with a large, heavily handled art book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deitch Projects \/ DESTE Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53850586317138,"sku":"FISCHER-DEITCH-CAT-2008","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Deich_Jeffrey._Fractured_Figure_exhibition_book._2008.jpg?v=1782543429","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/fractured-figure-vol-ii-dakis-joannou-collection-deitch-projects-deste-foundation-2008","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}