James Casebere (b. 1953)

Chromogenic print, mounted front and back to Plexiglas. Number 5 in an edition of 5 plus 2 Artist's Proofs.

Acquired by the present owner from Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris.

Excellent - only very light superficial marking to the Plexiglas from incautious dusting.
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James Casebere photographs models which he himself builds of the architectural spaces which interest him. To that extent, like Thomas Demand, he is taking more complete control of the process of photography by adding a sculptural element. To the simple act of relaying the world as a photographer might find it, he adds the extra effort of making his world first. His photographs are doubly staged: once in the choosing of the place to be remade, and once in the designing. By then stripping away all extraneous detail, Casebere makes every building have something of the austerity of mood of Le Corbusier's great chapel at Ronchamp. Casebere's buildings are sonatas in serenity.