On an October day in 1982 the Dutch artist Hans Waanders witnessed a kingfisher flying across a small pond near the river Maas. This singular moment prompted an extended quest for the elusive bird that persisted for the remaining nineteen years of his life. Waanders' pursuit of the kingfisher b...

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Main Author:	Hair, Ross 1978- (Author)
Other Authors:	Waanders, Hans 1951-2001 (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Axminster, Devon Uniformbooks 2019
Subjects:	Waanders, Hans > 1951-2001 Geschichte 1982 Eisvogel Tierzeichnung
Summary:	On an October day in 1982 the Dutch artist Hans Waanders witnessed a kingfisher flying across a small pond near the river Maas. This singular moment prompted an extended quest for the elusive bird that persisted for the remaining nineteen years of his life. Waanders' pursuit of the kingfisher became an expansive endeavour that both adopted and subverted methods of archiving, classification, mapping, and etymology. Taking a global approach to the identification and knowledge of the species, Waanders collected and gathered specimens of all varieties, producing printed documentation in the form of books, cards, and stamps, as well as installations and interventions, in order to focus in on the nature and culture of the kingfisher and its place in our world.In a series of thematic essays, Ross Hair examines Waanders' work in close detail - from the commonality of the kingfisher, to its broader context in art and literature, and the species - associations with colour and reverie, and time and space
Physical Description:	158 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9781910010204 1910010200