{"product_id":"robert-polidori-synchrony-and-diachrony","title":"Robert Polidori: Synchrony and Diachrony","description":"This book presents 35 photos of the Getty Center taken shortly  before the 1997 opening of its new multipurpose complex designed by  Richard Maier. Published to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of  the center, the book reveals behind-the-scenes views of the building  as objects from J. Paul Getty's painting, sculpture and decorative arts  collections were being installed inside it.\n\nIn September 1997  The New Yorker  commissioned Robert Polidori  to photograph Maier's building. Within 48 hours he had made images  of its exterior but remembers being unsatisfied: \"The building looks  great, but it could house anything really-a hospital, a university, or  even some corporate headquarters.\" Polidori wanted to document  the museum's interior, to capture what he calls \"some sort of  museological typology,\" and proceeded to photograph the rooms in  which artworks were either freshly installed or still being so-sculp - tures under plastic sheets, golden candelabras resting on foam  cushions, cardboard boxes containing unseen treasures. The resulting  photos show the museum in the process of taking shape, expose the  mechanics of curatorship, and reveal, in Polidori's words, a paradox:  \"The more a room may be filled with the helter-skelter of objects to  be arranged, the more naked and raw the possibilities and intent of  their placement become apparent.\"\n\n'Polidori is a master architect of the image of the interior. His photo - graphs capture the intimacy of both the image and its object. They  are a remarkable progression of visual phenomena.' -David Dorenbaum","brand":"Steidl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664490041380,"sku":"9783958293830","price":76.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783958293830.jpg?v=1777357255","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/robert-polidori-synchrony-and-diachrony","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}