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Robjn.com Blog | X-STaTIC Pro=CeSS

I was never sure of the Malcome X poem styled name of this book but the photographer Steven Klein has given us something intresting. As with items like The Pet Shop Boy's video 'I'm with Stupid' performance art has started to emerge again. This book from 2003 I belive could have been key in the whole move away from airbrushed styled photos.
The photos were made into a book of 260 pages as well as being used in W Magazine.
The images were also with film shot at the same time and these were toured around the worlds art Gallerys.

Book Description:
Madonna presents herself as "a performer in a landscape where she creates and brings her ideas to life or death." Steven Klein's intention was to work with Madonna as a performance artist, creating a situation where she could respond directly to the camera without constraint. The project is not about photography of celebrity, but about the person and the passions beneath the surface. Klein sees Madonna as a messenger, asking people to wake up and confront the dehumanizing forces in the contemporary world.

Rather than the packaged glamour that one might expect from the collaboration of a pop star and a top fashion photographer, the work is raw and menacing. The spirit is apocalyptic. Madonna and Steven Klein enter into a subconscious realm of primitive fears and desires. The work has a religious passion and a sexual charge. The theatricality increases with the intensity of the emotions.

Click here to see the Exhibition Video
Click here to see the Exhibition photos [pdf]

Link: http://www.stevenkleinstudio.com

Various Images from the Book

 

Book Cover