Tacita Dean: FLOH

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Summary: Tacita's latest treasure
Review: This is a hilarious collection of photos Tacita picked up at German flea markets (Floh means "flea" in German), but it brings up some serious ideas. There is no text in the book except for the title on the cover. So without any text to put these pictures in context, the viewer is left to imagine the stories behind them. These are concrete records of existance, yet they don't mean anything to us looking at them. Because she includes photos of a similar nature yet completely unrelated to one another, these individual experiences show us universals we have in common. This is an excellent work loaded with intellectual implications; a true joy to look through.