Wrong
Asger Carlsen
Mörel Books
Softcover with dust jacket
88 pages
220 x 220 mm
2010
ISBN 1907071229
“Based on a true story” Asger Carlsen’s series is a haunting and disturbing perspective of the everyday. In some cases subtly surreal and in other blatantly blasted with a dystopian hallucinations, the series is visionary and original. By employing a traditional black and white palette, Wrong peers past reality into a parallel existence. The series is more than appropriate during a time in which there has been lobbying and calls to label beguilingly photoshopped advertorials with warnings. Through using the same mechanisms and tools of the trade, Wrong has broke through the looking-glass into a parallel visual culture, opposing our present perception of hyper-reality and constructed beauty. Dark and humorous, the absurdity and distortion of Wrong is a satirical travesty of photographic culture as the ultimate simulator and the simulacrum.
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About the Artist
Asger Carlsen is a Danish photographer, based in New York City.
https://www.asgercarlsen.com/
About the Publisher
MÖREL (founded in 2008/2009) specialises in publishing works by both established and emerging artists. MÖREL views the book as an important aspect of an artist’s practice and as a powerful cultural conduit.
Approaching each project as a collaboration, MÖREL actively engages with artists throughout the conception, editing, and design phases. The goal is to craft an artist’s book that embraces idiosyncrasies, deliberately steering away from the conventions of traditional publisher-produced books.
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