{"product_id":"david-maisel-survey-of-works-1983-2026","title":"David Maisel: Survey of Works 1983-2026","description":"\u003cp\u003eRadius Books, 2026. Hardcover. New. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnown for his aerial photographs chronicling the complex relationships between natural systems and human intervention, David Maisel's images often initially appear abstract and painterly, offering detailed but open-ended visual information that operates as both documentary and metaphor. Their strange beauty has been referred to as “the apocalyptic sublime.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eView from the Precipice\u003c\/em\u003e, a retrospective monograph spanning Maisel's entire career, begins with a comprehensive index of his projects from 1983 to 2026 that includes both extensive information about each body of work and insights into their development in the artist's own words. This chronology is followed by a lyrically sequenced plate section that draws formal and conceptual connections across bodies of work, decades of time, and photography and painting\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003ethe two mediums in which Maisel most commonly works. In addition to writing by the artist, \u003cem\u003eView from the Precipice\u003c\/em\u003e also includes newly commissioned essays by Alexander Nemerov and Geoff Manaugh alongside a transcribed conversation between Maisel and author Samantha Harvey that focuses on, among other things, the visual and psychological perspective afforded by the aerial vantage point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57949174464678,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/David_Maisel_View_From_the_Precipice_3_quarter_mock.webp?v=1793390745","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/david-maisel-survey-of-works-1983-2026","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}