Incomplete Encyclopedia of Touch by Erik Kessels, Karel de Mulder and Thomas Sauvin

A collection of works by artist Eric Kessels, creative director Karel de Mulder and photo collector and editor Thomas Sovann.

Distilled from over 15,000 family albums, The Incomplete Encyclopedia of Touch documents the human desire to touch things: cars, boats, animals, trees, refrigerators, bridges, bushes, companions, even graves - anything that can be touched. Comprised of only 2,948 photographs, the collection is far from complete, but it raises questions about the motivations that underlie this universal pictorial behavior: do we seek connection? do we claim ownership? Or do we simply want to measure ourselves against the objects of our world?

Not only are the photographs themselves fascinating, but this new masterpiece makes us reconsider unconscious human behavior and the meaning behind those actions, transcending time and place.

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Title: Incomplete Encyclopedia of Touch
Artist; Erik Kessels, Karel de Mulder and Thomas Sauvin
RVB Books, 2024
Softcover
220 x 300 mm
496 pages
Text in English
First edition
ISBN: 978-2-492175-47-3
¥9,900 -