Reverse by Thomas Eurlings offers a captivating exploration of the often overlooked reverse sides of portrait busts. Inspired by a photograph of a bust of Marie-Antoinette, Eurlings delves into the hidden dimensions of these sculptures, inviting readers to appreciate the backs of these artworks with the same intensity as the fronts. This visual journey uncovers intricate details and stories that are usually hidden from view.

“Reverse is completely unique because it makes us conscious of something that was already there, but which we will now forever see with fresh eyes.”
— Arthur Japin, Dutch Author 

“The volte-face of vanity in this intriguing book on reversing perception shows us the other life in us, the turnaround on ourselves, as an endearing abstraction between fragility and fierceness, giving back a lost sense of humanity.”
— Lidewij Edelkoort, Trend Forecaster and Design Educator

“For sculptors, the front of a portrait is determined by the rules of likeness, decorum, and status. The back, however, offers them much more freedom. It is the often-overlooked domain in art history of balding crowns and fanciful hair braids, gracefully hanging headscarves, and lumpy neck folds, as well as supports and unfinished surfaces. It is there that we find the traces of the sculptor’s hands in their purest form.” 
— Frits Scholten, Senior Curator of Sculpture, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Size 150 x 210 mm
Hardcover, 552 pages
ISBN 9789462265165
Published by Lecturis

Images 1-3 by The Book Photographer