Katherine Slusher
Books
MemyselfandI: PhotoPortraits of Picasso, English, German and French editions, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany, 272 pp., 2011.
Contributing author, "The Women Who Shot Picasso". The text discusses the seven female photographers in the exhibition: Lee Miller, Dora Maar, Rogi André, Mme d'Ora, Denise Colomb, Inge Morath, and Julia Pirotte.
David Goldblatt Speaks with Katherine Slusher, Conversations with Photographers, English and Spanish editions, a Fabrica, Madrid, 82pp., 2011.
For fifty years, David Goldblatt (Randfontein, 1930) has created a visual memory of South Africa with his photographs. He has protrayed his country's political landscape since the 1960s, exploring the intersections between the land, its people and its values. This conversation between the photographer and art curator Katherine Slusher took place in Paris in January, 2011, during Goldblatt's exhibition at the Fondation Cartier-Bresson. They discuss the photographer's recent projects, his career and life in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: The Green Memories of Desire, Prestel: Munich/ London/New York, 96pp., 2007.
This richly illustrated joint biography tells the story of the
shared life of Miller and Penrose, placing them among other, well known, artistic couples like O'Keeffe and Stieglitz, Kahlo and Rivera, Mondotti and Weston, to mention a few. Loaded with photographs of Penrose's surrealistic painting and Miller's broad range of art, portrait and combat photography, several of these images have not been seen in other publications. Their individual and shared relationships with Picasso, Man Ray, and other significant artists were lifelong commitments. It's fascinating the ways in which the two artists come together and apart while making important and fundamental contributions to the world of 20th century art.
Exhibition Catalogues
Roland Penrose and Surrealism: My Windows Look Sideways/ Mirar de reojo
239 pages with color & b/w illustrations, edition in Spanish/English. Curator and introductory essay, Fundación Picasso & Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Spain, 2008.
Lee Miller: Picasso in Private/ Lee Miller: Picasso en privat
200 pages with over 100 photographs, editions in Catalan/English and Spanish/English. Photography curator and introductory essay, Picasso Museum & ICUB, Barcelona, Spain, 2007.
Alex Harris: Islands in Time
240 pages with 150 photographs. Photography curator, editor, and introductory essay, IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, 2000.
Vilallonga: Poetic Symbolism from Barcelona
46 pages with 50 illus. Exhibition curator, editor and designer, and introductory text, Thousand Oaks, California, 2000.
El Contemporani, Editorial Afers, Centre d’Estudis Històrics Internacionals, July-Dec. 1997, introduction in Catalan, “Vilallonga, a Symbolist between Spirit and Matter”.
Pa d'Angel/Anti-Doron
Hellenic American Union, Athens, 70 pp.,exhibition presentation, Athens, Greece, 2000.
Cutting Edge: Linocuts by Jim Jacob
36 pages and 32 full page b/w illustrations. Exhibition curator, editor and introductory essay, Barcelona, Spain, 1998. Museo de America, Madrid, 127 pp.,exhibition essay by Katherine Slusher, Madrid, Spain, 2000.
Imaginary Library: Design Bindings and Sculptural Books by Pamela Moore
36 pages and 20 full page color illustrations. Exhibition curator, editor and introductory essay, Barcelona, 1997.
Filmography
Lee Miller: Through the Mirror
(al otro lado del espejo/ a l'altra banda del mirall )
A film by Sylvain Roumette, voiceover for Lee Miller by Katherine Slusher in Spanish and Catalan, DVD 55 min. , 2007.
Picasso and Lee Miller, Olympus Films (Link coming soon!)
Katherine Slusher discusses Lee Miller and her work at the Picasso Museum, Barcelona, Jon Pettigrew, Producer, for the The Art of Lee Miller, Victora & Albert Museum, London, 2007.