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| Article number | 9783832199135 |
| Price | 16,00 € |
Description:
Almost perfect - The art of uninhibited failure. How ideas emerge from mistakes.
Let's face it: we've all failed before. Maybe not on a grand scale, but we've all messed up in one way or another. We usually think of mistakes as something bad - whether it's a minor mishap, a complete disaster or something in between. But what happens when we change our mindset and see our failures as a path to success? This book is about the courage to fail. About being inspired by mistakes and failed attempts instead of regretting them. Because in order to create something truly new, you sometimes have to risk failure.
In this volume, Erik Kessels brings together a hundred works by international artists and photographers, as well as amateurs and self-taught photographers, who all have one thing in common: They bask in the glamour of imperfection, of breaking the rules, and initiate us into the art of making mistakes - and enjoying them.
- Perfect was yesterday
- Collects one hundred works by international artists and photographers as well as amateurs and self-taught artists
- With advice, quotes and numerous examples of creative failure
Reviews:
‘A song of praise for supposed shortcomings, illustrated with charming photographs that are just as supposedly flawed and therefore contain a good dose of humour.’
NOVUM
‘This book can be very liberating.’
Emma Stenger, ART ONLINE
‘An ode to the beauty of failure.’
Michael Hübl, BADISCHE NEUESTE NACHRICHTEN
‘Erik Kessels celebrates the mistake, the imperfection, because it is an important motor for his creative work.’
Constanze Griessler, 3SAT
‘[In the book] you will find the arguments you need to legitimise your failure to yourself and the rest of the world.’
Frauke Schlieckau, BOXINASUITCASE.COM
‘A book that simply does you good.’
80 KULTURZEITUNG
‘After all, anyone can be perfect’
Patricia Jell, RAMPSTYLE
Paperback | 100 colour images, colour illustrations | DuMont Buchverlag | 168 pages | Dimensions (L/W/H) 17.7/11.8/2 cm | Weight 226 g | Language German
Let's face it: we've all failed before. Maybe not on a grand scale, but we've all messed up in one way or another. We usually think of mistakes as something bad - whether it's a minor mishap, a complete disaster or something in between. But what happens when we change our mindset and see our failures as a path to success? This book is about the courage to fail. About being inspired by mistakes and failed attempts instead of regretting them. Because in order to create something truly new, you sometimes have to risk failure.
In this volume, Erik Kessels brings together a hundred works by international artists and photographers, as well as amateurs and self-taught photographers, who all have one thing in common: They bask in the glamour of imperfection, of breaking the rules, and initiate us into the art of making mistakes - and enjoying them.
- Perfect was yesterday
- Collects one hundred works by international artists and photographers as well as amateurs and self-taught artists
- With advice, quotes and numerous examples of creative failure
Reviews:
‘A song of praise for supposed shortcomings, illustrated with charming photographs that are just as supposedly flawed and therefore contain a good dose of humour.’
NOVUM
‘This book can be very liberating.’
Emma Stenger, ART ONLINE
‘An ode to the beauty of failure.’
Michael Hübl, BADISCHE NEUESTE NACHRICHTEN
‘Erik Kessels celebrates the mistake, the imperfection, because it is an important motor for his creative work.’
Constanze Griessler, 3SAT
‘[In the book] you will find the arguments you need to legitimise your failure to yourself and the rest of the world.’
Frauke Schlieckau, BOXINASUITCASE.COM
‘A book that simply does you good.’
80 KULTURZEITUNG
‘After all, anyone can be perfect’
Patricia Jell, RAMPSTYLE
Paperback | 100 colour images, colour illustrations | DuMont Buchverlag | 168 pages | Dimensions (L/W/H) 17.7/11.8/2 cm | Weight 226 g | Language German