{"product_id":"dispatches-from-moments-of-calm","title":"Dispatches from Moments of Calm","description":"On October 5, 2012, the German national newspaper \u003ci\u003eDie Welt\u003c\/i\u003e published its daily issue—but things looked . . . different. Quieter. The sensations of the day, forgotten as soon as they’re read, were missing, replaced with an unprecedented calm, extracted with care from the chaos of the contemporary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That calm was the work of Gerhard Richter, who had been granted control over \u003ci\u003eDie Welt\u003c\/i\u003e for that single day, taking over and imprinting all thirty pages of the newspaper with his personal stamp: images from quiet moments amid unquiet times, the demotion of politics from its primary position, the privileging of the private and personal over the public, and, above all, artful, moving contrasts between sharpness and softness. He had created an unprecedented work of mass art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among the many people to praise the work was writer Alexander Kluge, who instantly began writing stories to accompany Richter’s images. This book, the second collaboration between Kluge and Richter, brings their stories and images together, along with new words and artworks created specifically for this volume. The result, \u003ci\u003eDispatches from Moments of Calm\u003c\/i\u003e, is a beautiful, meditative interval in the otherwise unremitting press of everyday life, a masterpiece by two acclaimed artists working at the height of their powers.","brand":"Nathaniel McBride","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42850050474045,"sku":"9780857423283","price":36.86,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780857423283_b76283c1-b8b6-46f9-9dbe-0f5727c3ee73.jpg?v=1767069986","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/dispatches-from-moments-of-calm","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}