Skin of Paper
Skin of Paper - Selected Paper Works 2003-2023
For two decades Peter Callesen has animated paper in his hands, from miniature works in A4-format to large intallations at human scale. With surgical precision, Callesen cuts silhuettes out of the flat paper, which he transforms into threee-dimensional figures and imaginative narratives. Life and death, grandiose nature, the fragile human being, and the thin-skinned artist are themes which Callesen audaciously approaches in his white works.
This book collects Callesen’s paper works from 2003 to 2023, and is edited by art historian Natalia Gutman. Six writers - Barry Schwabsky, Merete Pryds Helle, Kristian Ditlev Jensen, Henrik Oxvig, Josephine Nielsen-Bergqvist, and Maja Lee Langvad - contribute with prose, poetry, and art historical texts inspired by themes in Callesen’s art.
Peter Callesen himself contributes with six completely new works, created especially for this book, which you can try your hand at and experience on your own.
Reviews
The book have received great reviews in Danish media. Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad gave it 5 stars. Danish online magasine Netavisen Pio wrote: “It should receive all kinds of awards for Book of the Year.”
Size and weight
25 x 33 x 5 cm.
2600 g.
Additional information
Language: Danish/English
Pages 336
Hardback
ISBN 978-87-974660-0-1
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Questions
Contact my assistant at assistant@petercallesen.com
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