limited edition book enclosed within the original molded-plastic “energy sphere” case; number 2117 in an edition of 6000 (Summer 1999)
16 × 12 × 2.5 in (40.6 × 30.5 × 6.3 cm) (case)
Auction Estimate:$300 - $600
Sale date:August 5 - 11, 2020
Price Realized
$300
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
Visionaire World launched in 1991 and became celebrated as a less traditional magazine showcasing design, art and fashion.
“28 BIBLE, our millennium issue: ‘the greatest story ever told’ retold in images by modern-day artists and photographers. The intent was to make an issue that was visually provocative but not blasphemous or gratuitously shocking. We worked closely with Dr. Royal Rhodes, professor of religion at Kenyon College, who helped us excerpt passages from the King James Bible. Wolfgang Tillmans contributed the Crucifixion; Andreas Gursky’s image of a rave becomes the Exodus; Mary Ellen Mark envisions a modern day Mary and Joseph; and Steven Meisel imagines the Apocalypse in a series of eerily foreboding fashion images inspired by the painter Odd Nerdrum. Visionaire collaborated with industrial designer Philippe Starck to create special packaging for the issue, a molded-plastic ‘energy sphere.’”
From the Visionaire World website:
https://visionaireworld.com/collections/all/products/visionaire-28-bible
