This exhibition will consist of a series of artist books, which will be displayed for visual study and exploration in the balcony space offered by the Brooklyn Public Library.
All of the books on display have a strong sense of narrative and tactility. Part of the dialog in exhibiting these works together and in a library atmosphere is to show the process of creating books that are based upon other books.
Each of the books presented at this exhibition will acknowledge its antecedent, which range from the fables of La Fontaine to Viollet-Le-Duc's treatise on the imaginary fortress of La Roche-Pont, to the book of 16th century patterns on brocade and stuffs from the National Gallery, London by Sydney Vacher. These source books will be displayed alongside the artist books.
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WORKS
1. Campagne
11.75"x15.75"x1.75" 10 multiple color silkscreen prints on Arches paper, 10 maps screenprinted on Unryu, with embossing on title page, 22 pages, loose leaves in a box, edition of 3, 2003
7"x5.5" Two-color screenprint on paper towel book, stab binding, 10 pages, edition of 7, 2003
10"x7" Screenprint book,stab binding, 9 pages, edition of 4, 2003
4. Observations from the Obelisk in Piazza del'Equillino
48"x14"x 2" Screenprint book on silk and latex obelisk casts, loose leaves, 8 pages, 2003
5. Annals of a Fortress
5"x5.5"x1.5" Three-color accordion screenprint book on Rives BFK, Irish linen cover with printed band, 8 pages, pamphlet sewn, edition of 5, 2004
6. Les Miseres et les Mal-heurs de Guerre
8.5"x4.75"x.5" Two-color screenprint on paper towel book, stab binding, 17 pages, edition of 10, 2004
7. Ways to Use a Lance
4x3x.25" Two-color accordion screenprint book on mulberry paper, 8 pages, edition of 50, 2004
8. Treasure Map
2.375x1.375x.375" Two-color concertina screenprint book on cover stock, edition of 50, 2005
These are the corresponding books that accompany each work, by number (from the list of Works). Titles with tags after the citation are from the Brooklyn Public Library Collection, while all other titles belong to my personal collection.
1. Sellman, R.R. The Crusades . Chatham: W. & J. Mackay & Co. Ltd., 1966.
2. Ripa, Cesare, Baroque and Rococo pictorial imagery. The 1758-60 Hertel edition of Ripa's 'Iconologia.' Introduction., translations, and 200 commentaries by Edward A. Maser. New York: Dover Publications, 1971. (704.946 R)
3. Vacher, Sydney. Fifteenth century Italian ornament, chiefly taken from brocades and stuffs found in pictures in the National gallery, London; by Sydney Vacher ... London: B. Qvaritch, 1886. (F745 V11)
4. Tompkins, Peter. The Magic of Obelisks. New York: Harper & Row, 1981. (q932 T)
5. La Fontaine, Jean de. Fables de La Fontaine : texte intégral / avec 320 illustrations de Gustave Doré. Paris?:Sacelp, 1980. (F 398.2 L)
5. (Second book) Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel. Annals of a fortress. By E. Viollet-le-Duc. Translated by Benjamin Bucknall... Boston: J.R. Osgood and Company, 1876.
6. Callot, Jacques. Callot's etchings / edited by Howard Daniel. New York: Dover Publications, 1974. (769.924 C)
7. Nicolle, David. Warriors and their weapons around the time of the crusades: relationships between Byzantium, the West, and the Islamic world. Burlington, VT: Ashgate/Variorum, 2002.
8. Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Philadelphia: Courage Books, 1989. (J FIC S)
