CYT

Antony Cairns
CYT

Photographs: Antony Cairns

Publisher: Morel

376 pages

Year: 2018

ISBN: 9781907071614

Price: 75 €

Comments: Softcover with dust jacket, 161 x 216 mm, 376 pages. Printed duo tone on rare pearl paper. Limited Edition of 750. Light wear to the covers and 2 little tears to the edges of the spine. OUT OF PRINT

CTY brings together a large selection of Antony Cairns’ oeuvre from his various cities/projects in London, Las Vegas, Tokyo and Osaka, (including LDN3, LDN4, LPT and OSC), interspersed with 6 texts by Simon Baker (senior curator of photography, TATE). Each text takes a quote as starting point from authors including JG Ballard, William Gibson, HP Lovecraft and Benjamin Péret to introduce themes of urban life and urbanisation, including Drowned City, Ruined City, Abstract City and Endless City.