Visionaire No. 29: Woman [Box set] [Hardcover]

Visionaire Publishing (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Visionaire Publishing, LLC (December 2, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888645121
• ISBN-13: 978-1888645125
• Product Dimensions: 14.3 x 10.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #697,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last, it's there........................., January 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Visionaire No. 29: Woman (Hardcover)

Finally it has arrived, the latest Visionaire. It should have arrived in october 1999, but as you probably know, the editors of Visionaire don't care about that. They probably think is is fashionably. Well, #29 is all about Women, and nothing more. They are many nude pictures in the book and what I think is really not nice, is a picture of a woman in her 70's naked. Very nice are the various pictures by Mario Testino, and the drawings by Mats Gustafson. My favorite is Lady Amanda Harlech by Karl Lagerfeld. Fabulous pictures in black and white. One of the greatest things about Visionaire is that they always come with a special gift and this time it is a metal/chrome box around the book. Really great with a great design value. Buy this one before it's sold out,because it comes in an limited edition of 6000 copies. Also look at Visionaire #28: the Bible. This comes with a fabulous box designed by Philippe Starck.

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great packaging ... disappointing photographs, January 30, 2000

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J. Lizzi (Costa Mesa, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Visionaire No. 29: Woman (Hardcover)

When I purchase a great art book, I can't wait to share it with my friends. In the case of "Visionaire 29: Woman," I'm reluctant to even put it on my coffee table. The allure of this book stems from its being a one-of-a-series, limited edition (only 6000 printed) publication. Other plusses are its high quality paper, velvet cover and the really cool, mirrored presentation case.

What's between the covers turned out to be a disappointment for me. [Note: #29 is the only "Visionaire" book I've seen, so I can't make a comparison to the others]. There are about 100 pages of mostly photos (both color and b/w, many nudes) with a couple of paintings, sketches, etc., included. About 70 people were listed as contributors.

While some of the photos are interesting, beauty does not abound here (try instead: "Photographs" by Patrick Demarchelier). Noteworthy are the photos by Karl Lagerfield, Peter Lindbergh (of Madonna) and Marcus Piggott/Matt Alas. What I don't relish looking at are pictures of a sex doll with its face slashed, a nude torso with nasty cosmetic surgery scars, or some overly back-lit stills from a stairway video installation. There's also a photo of a cat nursing her kittens ("woman"?). Okay, so if the subject matter isn't always charming, maybe there's supposed to be a theme or message to this compilation of art. I couldn't find one.

If you're a collector of rare, trendy photo books, it might be worth your while to plunk down the steep price for this. But, in my opinion, the bad outweighs the good here.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars learning to see art, September 23, 2000

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"vesperi" (smyrna, ga United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Visionaire No. 29: Woman (Hardcover)

so alot of people say the depictions are "not nice"? oh well! learn to see meaning, try to get outside your own and society's fashionable limits for a second and view what other people are trying to say and thinking about whether you like it or not. this is communication. decode. if you aren't on the edge yet or simply mocking that edge that everyone's trying to jump on, take a look at visionaire and call it a prediction of your mind's apocalypse. change is good.