size: 241 x 298 mm
softcover
172 pages
2018年，作者被邀请到法国凡尔赛宫，在其广阔的场地上拍摄并制作本系列。 100多件作品花了6个月的时间自由拍摄了宫殿的豪华花园、金色的巴洛克装饰和雕塑，甚至是玛丽安托瓦内特的私人信件。 特别是在雕塑方面，作者被宫殿中众多大理石雕像所表现的身体所吸引，描绘了仿佛与性和性别概念嬉戏一般的混合作品。 根据作者的委托，荷兰小说家、诗人、剧作家马乔琳·范·海姆斯特拉（Marjolijn van Heemstra）所写的诗也收录其中。 这一系列作品暗示了宫廷社会阴谋的历史。
Acclaimed Dutch photographer Viviane Sassen collaborates with legendary图书设计师Irma Boom to offer a fresh and radical vision of the Palace of Versailles。
A storied site of history, opulence, and political power France’s Palace of Versailles has long captured the imagination of both the public and many acclaimed photographers. In 2018， Viviane Sassen invited by Versailles to make a series of photographs throughout its vast grounds. For six months, she was given free rein, often after official hours， when the buildings were empty, to wander and photograph the palace’s extravagant gardens gilded baroque interiors, even Marie Antoinette’s private correspondence。
Venus & Mercury Versailles as you ' ve never seen the storied locale before. Drawn to the bodies represented in the palace’s many marble statues Sassen created hybrid forms that play with notions of sexuality and gender and call to mind traditions of Surrealist art and the work of figures such as Hans Bellmer. the book， featuring than one hundred images, brims with Sassen’s surprising pigment-splashed photomontages that play with vivid color and abstracted forms—and a group of women， born and raised in the town beyond the palace walls, appears throughout the book 现代-day protagonists photographed within grand palatial chambers。
A series of poems by Marjolijn van Heemstra, commissioned by Sassen allude to histories of intrigue in court society. Conceived and designed by iconic bookmaker Irma 潮流, Venus & Mercury is a unique art object with a double-gatefold cover, packaged in a custom-made box， each individually painted by Sassen