![]() ![]() There’s no official word on the price at this time, but is still accepting pre-orders. ![]() However, like other sets in the Art line, this one includes a specialized soundtrack in keeping with the Magic Eye theme. This marks the first time LEGO has employed bars and clips in a mosaic set, no doubt to generate the proper lines needed for the illusion. The hidden image will be revealed by gazing at the completed mosaic with your eyes unfocused (it’s most frequently achieved by holding the picture up to your nose at first and slowly pulling back). While we only have full-size pictures of one of the four designs from their press release, the box showcases purple, blue, and red versions as well. 31213 Magic Eye Illusions features four four different designs, each with a hidden picture concealed within. Photobook designer: Mirjam & Andreas CavegnĪrticles & photographs published on PhotoBook Journal may not be reproduced without the permission of the PhotoBook Journal staff and the photographer(s).No, your eyes aren’t fooling you! LEGO has just announced a new mosaic, the latest addition to their Art series. Publisher: EditionBildHalle (Zurich, Switzerland, copyright 2020)Įssays: Stefan Zweifel, Daniele Muscionico, Guido Magnaguagno, Hans-Michael Koetzle, and Daniel BlochwitzĬloth-covered hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, 9 x 13 inches, 200 pages, 122 black-and-white and color images, printed in Amsterdam, NL Photographer: René Groebli, born Zurich, Switzerland, resides in Switzerland The Magic Eye is a sumptuous collection of his lyrical imagery. “ Being by nature romantic, I take pictures of moods and emotions, reinforcing them, if necessary, through manipulation in the darkroom,” Groebli notes in the books epigraph. Critical essays by five curators and critics, as well as quotes from Groebli, provide insight and context. The 122 works are beautifully reproduced with most presented as full-page or full-spread images on 9 x 13 pages. Portraits and landscapes from different time periods and locations follow one another in seamless progressions. An early nude from The Eye of Love is followed by two 2001 nudes. A black and white steam engine detail from Rail Magic seems to mirror a brightly colored advertisement of a mechanical detail from 1959 on the facing page. Theme, gesture, and mood dictate the pairings and progressions throughout the book. ![]() Rather than a strict chronological presentation, the organization is more impressionistic. The book surveys the wide spectrum of work created between 19, drawing from his background in photojournalism, advertising, and fine art. In the 1960s and 70s his innovative use of color took inspiration from Op Art, Pop Art, Action Painting, and Color Field Painting, resulting in colors and compositions that today look like the product of digital manipulation, but were all the result of his own darkroom alchemy. His work continued to evolve in the succeeding decades. The Eye of Love, a love poem to his wife Rita, captures the dreamy eroticism of young love. Rail Magic, his impressionistic chronicle of his train trips between Switzerland and Paris, showcased his fascination with movement, speed, and the romance of travel. His first two series, Rail Magic (1949) and The Eye of Love (1952), established his reputation for cinematic and romantic imagery. Yet he quickly broke away, playing with motion, mood, soft focus, photographic grain, and atmosphere rather than graphic precision. Groebli’s journey began in the 1940s, when the cool realism of Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) ruled in Switzerland. What’s more, the idiosyncratic designer couldn’t care less about isms and has always charted a path of his own.” As writer and curator Hans-Michael Koetzle notes, “Groebli proves to be the missing link between eras, times and traditions. Groebli’s works show a fascination with motion blur and extreme grain, and some images would seem to be the product of Photoshopping although they all were created in the darkroom. Included are classic black and white photographs as well as images filled with colors not found in nature. The images were selected by his longtime gallerist Mirjam Cavegn, and the book was published by her Gallery Bildhalle to celebrate his long and varied career. The Magic Eye is the first retrospective look at the career of this master photographer, now 93 years old. From the 1940s through the new millennium, he assembled a diverse and innovative body of work, often at odds with the conventions and expectations of the moment. Others, like Swiss photographer René Groebli, transcend time. ![]()
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