The Standard Edition
9783954766840
104 pages
Distanz Verlag Gmbh Llc
Overview
Roee Rosen (b. Rehovot, Israel, 1963; lives and works in Tel Aviv) is an artist, writer,
and filmmaker. His critical and satirical reflections bring a humorous
psychoanalytical
approach to bear on the study of desire and structural violence. Rosen
intertwines
contemporary Israeli and international politics with references to
European and
Jewish history. Mustering a broad range of fictional characters,
iconographic motifs,
and coded symbols, he repeatedly adapts and transforms the canon of the
historical
avant-garde and transgressive traditions from Marquis de Sade to Georges
Bataille. Popular media, political propaganda, and classic children's
fairy tales are also among
the sources Rosen taps into. The Standard Edition features a series of book covers—all of them promises, fantasies, and decoys. The titles are based on the famous edition of the works of Sigmund Freud
(released by the Hogarth Press between 1953 and 1974). Freud's name and the titles
of his writings are replaced by the artist's and alternative headings; each of the original
24 volumes in the series comes in two versions: a typographic and an illustrated one.
With an introduction by Krzysztof Kościuczuk and Christoph Platz-Gallus
Author Bio
Roee Rosen (b. Rehovot, Israel, 1963; lives and works in Tel Aviv) is an artist, writer,
and filmmaker. His critical and satirical reflections bring a humorous
psychoanalytical
approach to bear on the study of desire and structural violence. Rosen
intertwines
contemporary Israeli and international politics with references to
European and
Jewish history. Mustering a broad range of fictional characters,
iconographic motifs,
and coded symbols, he repeatedly adapts and transforms the canon of the
historical
avant-garde and transgressive traditions from Marquis de Sade to Georges
Bataille. Popular media, political propaganda, and classic children’s
fairy tales are also among
the sources Rosen taps into.
