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Sylvia Ptak, Unbound, full
Sylvia Ptak, Unbound, detail
Sylvia Ptak, Unbound, detail
Canadian, born 1942
Unbound, 1998
cotton gauze and pigment
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Jacqueline Rush Lee, Cube
Jacqueline Rush Lee, Cube
Jacqueline Rush Lee, Cube
British, active in America, born 1964
Cube, 2001
found and altered books
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Pamela Paulsrud, Landscape Narratives II, full from above
Pamela Paulsrud, Landscape Narratives II, detail
Pamela Paulsrud, Landscape Narratives II, detail
American, born 1951
Landscape Narratives II, ca. 2003
found and altered books and stones
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Scott McCarney, Hanging Index, full
Scott McCarney, Hanging Index, detail
Scott McCarney, Hanging Index, detail
American, born 1954
Hanging Index, 1992
found and cut hanging copy of Who's Who in America
with a metal chain
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Hiroaki Ohya, The Wizard of Jeanz #20, full
Hiroaki Ohya, The Wizard of Jeanz #20, detail
Hiroaki Ohya, The Wizard of Jeanz #20, detail
Japanese, born 1970
The Wizard of Jeanz #20, 1999
artist's book with denim and sailcloth
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Brian Dettmer, The Volume Library, full
Brian Dettmer, The Volume Library, detail
American, born 1974
The Volume Library, 2010
found and cut illustrated encyclopedia with glue
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Jonathan Callan, Conserving Life on Earth
Jonathan Callan, Conserving Life on Earth
Jonathan Callan, Conserving Life on Earth
English, born 1961
Conserving Life on Earth, 2005
found paperback books with drywall screws
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Jeff Woodbury, Redline, full
Jeff Woodbury, Redline, detail
American, born 1959
Redline, 2005
found and cut copy of New York City 5 Borough Pocket Atlas
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Xu Bing, Red Book, full
Xu Bing, Red Book, detail
Xu Bing, Red Book, detail
Chinese, active in America, born 1955
Red Book, 2000
cigarettes with ink in two metal cases
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Xu Bing, Book from the Sky, full
Xu Bing, Book from the Sky, detail
Xu Bing, Book from the Sky, detail
Xu Bing, Book from the Sky, detail
Chinese, active in America, born 1955
Book from the Sky, 1991
4 hand-printed artist's books in a wooden case
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I'm very curious...of the books that I photographed - and there were far more left unrecorded - which are your favorites? Which speak to you, make you yearn to pick them up and inspect them? To crawl inside and climb the fibers of their structure? To share a cuppa with their creator and discuss books and art? Do any elicit a strong emotion - joy, anger, frustration, ennui?
The plan was to let this be the last post about Odd Volumes, yet I find myself wanting to share my favorites and have my say about them. Do you mind?
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Again, I'd
like to request that if you happen to post any of my photos of the work in Odd Volumes to another
site (pinterest, tumblr), you take care to credit the artist and to give
me photo credit as well. All photos were taken by me on January 29,
2015. Thank you!
Please do another post with favourites and why! I am heading to bed here in Oz, but would love to have chat about them - that first one today (Sylivia Ptak) really spoke to me, but I would love to have a proper consideration and then exchange thoughts...
ReplyDeleteWill do. Sleep well.
DeleteOh Jennifer, how I wish I could see this exhibit. Thank you for sharing. I am drawn to Sylvia Ptak's Unbound (probably no surprise) for its lovely quietness, Maria Lai's Book for its stitchery qualities. And Jonathan Callan's Poem. So much to love in this exhibit!
ReplyDeleteI would be hard pressed to choose a favorite... they all speak in different languages to me.. thank you
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary. I'm also drawn to Unbound, but they're all beckoning me to take a second and third and fourth look.
ReplyDeleteI've already tipped my hand with my wish to see the verso of Maria Lai's asemic page ... sadly, she is no longer of this world.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I would love to see your take on the ones that touched you and why.
I have enjoyed every part of this, and think it would be wonderful if you shared your favorites with us- along with some explanation. I'm looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteHave loved this tour of the exhibit! I was going to give you my top five likes, but it turned into seven. The order is just from day one to day four...they are quite different, but have the same presence in my view. Here goes.... Georgia Boyd Russell - Nest, Jonathan Callan - Rational Show, Adele Outteridge - Vessels, Bill Wheelock - Big Book, Sylvia Ptak - Unbound and finally Xu Bing - Book from the Sky (for the memory of his beautiful exhibit we spent hours in at the Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC years ago).
ReplyDeletemy first time seeing sylvia ptak's work and i really liked it. of course this post is full of amazing work, but that piece really moved me.
ReplyDeleteWhat an impressive exhibit. Thanks once again for brining it to all of us!
ReplyDeletemore more more! I am familiar with some of the works you've shared (but I've not seen xu bing's 'book' presented this way -- fascinating) --- I'm loving the 'landscape narratives' and like others I Sylvia Ptak's work --- but it must have been magic seeing them all together in an exhibition --- I only ever get to see pics of book works that intrigue me....
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