{"product_id":"herlinde-koelbl-metamorphoses-bilingual-edition","title":"Herlinde Koelbl: Metamorphoses (Bilingual edition)","description":"In the long line of Herlinde Koelbl's projects, this is the first time that no people are to be seen, and yet her main theme remains: transience. \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e comprises vivid portraits of flora in various states of bloom and decay: light piercing a broken leaf revealing a network of fine, branched veins; a lemon like a porous stone; a berry wrapped in delicate threads; petals curled in erotic shapes. The book is an investigation into the nature of beauty in painterly hues and a wealth of forms: an intricate, fragile beauty that is only revealed when one pays as close attention as Koelbl does. It is a beauty that approaches abstraction and yet is ultimately less about appearance than the unceasing processes of change and renewal at work in nature. In Koelbl's words: \"The present and the past flow into each other. And in reappearance lies the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEven in the process of decay, nature brings forth new beauty and altered perception. It requires a special attentiveness, a close look, to recognize this\u003c\/i\u003e. - Herlinde Koelbl","brand":"Steidl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664243200036,"sku":"9783969991213","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783969991213.jpg?v=1777353906","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/herlinde-koelbl-metamorphoses-bilingual-edition","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}