{"product_id":"pieter-hugo-between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea","title":"Pieter Hugo: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"962\" data-start=\"483\"\u003eThis substantial monograph traces the career of South African photographer Pieter Hugo through a series of his most iconic and controversial projects—each probing the shifting landscapes of race, representation and performative identity in a globalised world. Spanning more than a decade of work, \u003cem data-end=\"821\" data-start=\"780\"\u003eBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/em\u003e was published to accompany the artist's major retrospective at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg and reveals the full force of Hugo’s unsettling vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1508\" data-start=\"964\"\u003eWith projects set in Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Liberia, South Africa, China and the United States, Hugo’s images are arresting for their directness and ambiguity. His subjects meet the camera’s gaze with a stark, often confrontational intensity—hyenas and their handlers, masked performers, children in landfill sites, or stylised portraits that blur the line between the documentary and the theatrical. The cover image—drawn from his series made in China—epitomises this tension: lavishly adorned, defiantly posed, both seductive and unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1819\" data-start=\"1510\"\u003eThrough essays and interviews, the book reflects on the ethical weight of representation in Hugo’s practice, which walks a razor’s edge between empathy and spectacle. This is not a catalogue of projects but a sustained meditation on the artist’s central question: how do we see and allow ourselves to be seen?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2307\" data-start=\"1821\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1840\" data-start=\"1821\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1843\" data-start=\"1840\"\u003eObject: Photobook\u003cbr data-end=\"1863\" data-start=\"1860\"\u003eTitle: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea\u003cbr data-end=\"1912\" data-start=\"1909\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Pieter Hugo\u003cbr data-end=\"1943\" data-start=\"1940\"\u003eDate: 2017\u003cbr data-end=\"1956\" data-start=\"1953\"\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Offset printing\u003cbr data-end=\"2003\" data-start=\"2000\"\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Softcover with flaps\u003cbr data-end=\"2046\" data-start=\"2043\"\u003eEdition: First edition\u003cbr data-end=\"2071\" data-start=\"2068\"\u003eSigned: No\u003cbr data-end=\"2100\" data-start=\"2097\"\u003eDimensions (cm): Approx. 29.5 × 24 cm\u003cbr data-end=\"2140\" data-start=\"2137\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr data-end=\"2168\" data-start=\"2165\"\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr data-end=\"2181\" data-start=\"2178\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Prestel \/ Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg\u003cbr data-end=\"2235\" data-start=\"2232\"\u003eISBN: 9783791356539\u003cbr data-end=\"2257\" data-start=\"2254\"\u003eCondition: Fine\u003cbr data-end=\"2275\" data-start=\"2272\"\u003eProvenance: Private Collection\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52427338678610,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/MAISONSCLOSES_b30f61e5-9723-4ded-9cb5-1dff9558c72f.jpg?v=1768209327","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/products\/pieter-hugo-between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}