Birt of a Clown

Birth of a Clown
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-86521-853-7
Verlag: Steidl Gerhard Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, LEINEN, Format (B × H): 238 mm x 338 mm, Gewicht: 523 g

In 1947 the International Circus Clowns’ Club began keeping a record of its member clowns’ make-up. Each unique
make-up design was painted onto an emptied chicken egg that was catalogued and used to trademark the identities
of clowns including the famous Coco and Grimaldi. Stan Bult, founder of the club, painstakingly painted the earliest
designs by hand himself. Birth of a Clown is Sam Taylor-Johnson’s photographic documentation of these fascinating
objects, now part of the Clowns’ Gallery and Museum in Somerset. Taylor-Johnson stumbled onto the museum by
chance and has now preserved these eccentric portraits—sometimes hilarious, sometimes sad—in book form.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor-Johnson, Sam

Über Autor(innen)

Taylor-Johnson, Sam
Born in 1967, Sam Taylor-Johnson (Sam Taylor-Wood) is at the forefront of contemporary British art. Filmmaker, photographer and conceptual artist, her solo exhibitions include those at the Kunsthallle Zurich, the Hayward Gallery, London, and the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. In 2009 Taylor-Johnson directed her debut feature film Nowhere Boy about the young John Lennon. Her books at Steidl include Crying Men (2004), Still Lives (2006) and the upcoming Second Floor and Birth of a Clown.