{"title":"Erik Kessels","description":"\u003cp\u003eErik Kessels è un artista, curatore e grafico olandese, con un grande interesse per l’arte e la fotografia. Dal 1996 è Creative Partner dell’agenzia di comunicazione KesselsKramer, con sedi ad Amsterdam e Londra. Ha realizzato campagne per clienti come Nike, Heineken, Diesel, Oxfam, Vitra, Citizen M, I amsterdam e The Hans Brinker Budget Hotel.  Come artista e curatore, Kessels ha pubblicato oltre 80 libri a partire da fotografie “ritrovate” e ha scritto il bestseller internazionaleFailed It!. Ha insegnato in molte accademie d’arte, ad Amsterdam, Milano, Toronto, Losanna e Düsseldorf.  Kessels ha realizzato e curato numerose mostre, tra cui “Loving Your Pictures”, “Mother Nature”, “24HRS in Photos”, “Album Beauty” and “Unfinished Father”. Al momento sta lavorando a un progetto artistico a lungo termine dedicato all’Europa, chiamato Europe Archive. Nel 2010 Kessels ha vinto l’Amsterdam Prize of the Arts e nel 2016 è stato nominato per il Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. Ad oggi, la retrospettiva  dedicata alla sua carriera, “The Many Lives of Erik Kessels”, è stata presentata a Torino, Düsseldorf, Budapest e Rotterdam; Kessels ha esposto di recente anche al SFMOMA. È stato definito “uno stregone visivo” da Time Magazine e “un antropologo moderno” da Vogue Italia.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"il-perfetto-dilettante","title":"Il perfetto dilettante","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebration of amateurism by Erik Kessels\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the most original figures in today’s art and design scene, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eComplete Amateur \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eexplains how to let go of everything you know and embrace things you know nothing about.\u003cbr \/\u003eFull of \u003cstrong\u003ebrilliant masterpieces by absolute beginners (and also by artists who have kept experimenting with a beginner’s approach)\u003c\/strong\u003e, this photographic guide invites you \u003cstrong\u003eto exercise your amateur muscle and escape the traps of professionalism\u003c\/strong\u003e. “Do it like you don’t know what you’re doing”, says Kessels, suggesting that going in blind is sometimes the only way to see clear, and the best ideas emerge when you don’t know the rules and are not afraid of making mistakes. 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