# Vandalism

- **Brand:** MACK
- **Price:** $40.00
- **Catalog:** mackbooks
- **Retailer:** mackbooks
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqzsd4Tc69A6NyHNAtsqHqdRTc_bUWLvs6d8IuGNPzdgDOCKmGgJGLraIDUsZ_xky_ScFKenFV6EDtp3mNRbxYp13lS6YHbIdX9JwVoKP8oeOA9wDX5CN9dJQqsTzwmrKwzogc9lnfh3bHkGK9ifhcoo29L0pL1qj2AwvQc8a4BBHjse5vz0Iu9eUP3vfQLA7p9YGKdh6m8Z-LRM_3L5hkME7W1Xuor67XIa-bnTu3-q1t8EWzh2QjOapSgLEsqZKew02cDWp50-qBxPQ8ZGqKfxnstLdKHNnoGHesvxjkqspXdk2nRBQO1RmvPGjK9DlkOlZdpeHqeq-H4oJ-G3FgAN_3k_KzXshscg9P9EzO4C-uhBlaL-IesV4tTbqz91bU26wSRYh6nCxt9wwc1YZdNP1Xo8hUrp7sWz9LSrJadX39ni3R51KNDp0sYA7kA9NSkXoC
- **GTIN:** 978-1-912339-00-6
- **Availability:** Out of stock

## Summary

A debossed paper-bound hardback photography book titled 'Vandalism' by John Divola, featuring black and white imagery.

## Description

Between 1974 and 1975, the American photographer John Divola – then in his mid twenties and without a studio of his own – travelled across Los Angeles in search of dilapidated properties in which to make photographs. Armed with a camera, spray paint, string and cardboard, the artist would produce one of his most significant photographic projects entitled Vandalism. In this visceral, black and white series of images Divola vandalised vacant homes with abstract constellations of graffiti-like marks, ritualistic configurations of string hooked to pins, and torn arrangements of card, before cataloguing the results. The project vigorously merged the documentary approach of forensic photography with staged interventions echoing performance, sculpture and installation art. Serving as a conceptual sabotaging of the delineations between such documentary and artistic practices, at a time when the ‘truthfulness’ of photography was being called into question, Vandalism helped to establish Divola’s highly distinctive photographic language.  John Divola (b. 1949 in California, United States) earned a BA from California State University, Northridge (1971) and an MA from University of California, Los Angeles (1973). His images challenge the boundaries between fiction and reality, as well as the limitations of art to describe life. Vandalism (1974-1975) is one Divola’s earliest series, predating Zuma (1979), As Far as I Could Get (1997) and Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert (2004).

## Appearance

- **Fit:** Unsigned

## Variants

- **In stock:** 0 of 2

| SKU | Availability |
| --- | --- |
| 9781912339006 | Out of stock |
| 9781912339006S | Out of stock |

## Additional Attributes

- **ISBN:** 978-1-912339-00-6
- **tags:** 2018, American photographer, blackandwhite, bw, John Divola, transfer
- **pages:** 120 pages
- **author:** John Divola
- **format:** Debossed paper-bound hardback
- **vendor:** MACK
- **binding:** Debossed paper-bound hardback
- **publisher:** MACK
- **dimensions:** 23.5 x 23.5 cm
- **page count:** 120 pages
- **listed prices:** €35 £30 US$40 AU$79
- **shopify handle:** vandalism-br-john-divola
- **publication date:** Publication date: April 2018
- **dimensions and pages:** 120 pages

## Enrichment

- **Type:** photography book
- **Type Synonyms:** art book, hardcover book, monograph
- **Tags:** debossed cover, paper-bound, hardback, black and white photography
- **Styles:** minimalist, contemporary art
- **Category Path:** Media > Books > Print Books
- **Book cover type:** Hardcover
- **Genre:** Arts
- **Canonical Brand:** MACK

## Images

- ![Image 1](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/c35161a6d2521be7277399186a3a68e9.webp)
- ![Image 2](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/0daca08b5d0bcef7830a1a2c824d625f.webp)
- ![Image 3](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/67ad143a51ff7ea9cbb43785e890777f.webp)
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