Mariken Wessels
TAKING OFF. HENRY MY NEIGHBOR
24 x 33 cm, 330 p, ills colour & bw, paperback, English
ISBN 9789490800345
design: Jurgen Maelfeyt & Mariken Wessels
first edition of 1000
May 2015
second edition of 1000
February 2017
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Taking Off is a real picture story of a failed marriage, sexual frustration and voyeurism. An extraordinary amount of photographs and cut-up collages comprise an archival vertigo of amateur nude art. Through people she met on a journey through the United States, artist Mariken Wessels gained access to the studio and the entire archive of Henry, as well as full consent over its use. She started redacting the work and arranging it into an artist’s book, in which the audience will be invited to a journey into Henry’s life and his vision of his former wife and muse Martha.
AWARDS
Winner of the the Author Book Award in Arles 2016
The Best Dutch/Flanders Book Designs of 2015
Special mention Best designed books in the world
SELECTED PRESS
Aperture
1000 Words
Collector Daily
Photo Oxford
Gup Magazine
PhotoEye
10×10 Photobooks
De Volkskrant (Dutch)
Josef Chladek
New Dawn Paper (Dutch)
We Like Art (Dutch)
Knack (Dutch)
