Michael Wolf
Works
Photographs by Michael Wolf. Essays by Marc Feustel, Jan-Philipp Sendker, Michael Wolf and Wim van Sinderen
Michael Wolf: Works serves as a comprehensive survey of the artist’s career and accompanied his Life in Cities museum retrospective exhibition. This monograph delves into the intricacies of urban life, exploring the contrasts between public and private spaces, anonymity and individuality, as well as historical and contemporary development. Through a diverse range of photographic projects—including street views appropriated from Google Earth, portraits capturing the crowded Tokyo subway, and mesmerizing architectural landscapes—Michael Wolf: Works offers a profound exploration of the density and complexity of city life.
Michael Wolf – Life in Cities, a comprehensive retrospective of Wolf’s work, traveled throughout Europe begining in 2017. Exhibitions included the Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2018-2019), Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague (2018), the Fondazione Stelline in Milan (2018), and Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France (2017).
Born in Munich, Germany, in 1954, Michael Wolf was raised in Berkeley, California. He studied at UC Berkeley before earning a degree from the University of Essen in Germany, where he was a student of Otto Steinert. Wolf's photographs are part of permanent collections at prominent institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Brooklyn Museum; the Cleveland Museum of Art; the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City; the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, among others.
300 Pages
176 color plates, 26 black & white plates
Published by Peperoni (1st Edition), 2017