Tag: 2019
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O meu coração bate sem mim
O meu coração bate sem mimAlexandra AgostinhoDesign by Rita Oliveira and production by Isabel Baraona2019 23.25 × 6 in. openSingle sheet (6 accordion-folded pages)4.3125 × 6.25 in. bi-fold paper enclosure with ribbon tieDigital offset printing Alexandra Agostinho’s O meu coração bate sem mim is an instance of genderqueer expression that makes gender both a performance…
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The Perverse Doilies
Neil MajeskiThe Perverse DoiliesFrom the series: The Last State or the Penultimate2019 4.5 × 7 in. closed20 pagesSaddle-stitched, softcover pamphletInkjet and laser [In a departure from the usual Artists’ Book Reviews format, this mini review is part of a series on Neil Majeski’s pamphlet series, The Last State or the Penultimate. The first of these mini reviews covered Majeski’s series as…
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Pamphlets
PamphletsAndrew ShawJune 2019–March 2020The Silent Academy 11 × 8.5 in. open1 sheet each (12 total)Trifold cardstock pamphlets In his 2019–2020 series of twelve pamphlets, Andrew Shaw conceals extravagantly magical ideas in a plain package. Simultaneously evocative and mystifying titles like Items of Inconsequential Dysfunction & Beauty or Items of Color & Reach appear in black…
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The Chiliagon Locket: A Mental Exercise from My Childhood
Neil MajeskiThe Chiliagon Locket: A Mental Exercise from My ChildhoodFrom the series: The Last State or the Penultimate2019 4.5 × 7 in. closed12 pagesSaddle-stitched, softcover pamphletInkjet and laser [In a departure from the usual Artists’ Book Reviews format, this mini review is part of a series on Neil Majeski’s pamphlet series, The Last State or the Penultimate. The first of…
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Depictions of a Developing Lampshade
Neil MajeskiDepictions of a Developing LampshadeFrom the series: The Last State or the Penultimate2019 4.5 × 7 in. closed8 pagesSaddle-stitched, softcover pamphletInkjet and laser [In a departure from the usual Artists’ Book Reviews format, this mini review is part of a series on Neil Majeski’s pamphlet series, The Last State or the Penultimate. The first…
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The Last State or the Penultimate
Neil MajeskiThe Last State or the Penultimate2019–2021 4.5 × 7 in. closedVaried page countsSaddle-stitched softcover pamphletsInkjet and laser Depictions of a Developing LampshadeThe Chiliagon Locket: A Mental Exercise from My ChildhoodThe Perverse DoiliesCurious Details in PostcardsMusic of the Uncanny Soundscapes To review Neil Majeski’s The Last State or the Penultimate, a series of five interrelated…
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The Artist’s Novel
The Artist’s NovelDavid MarotoMousse Publishing2019 Part I: A New Medium8 × 6 in. closed284 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverOffset Part II: The Fantasy of the Novel8 × 6 in. closed292 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverOffset Spanish artist/theorist David Maroto’s two-volume work of fictocriticism, The Artist’s Novel, is not an artist’s book in the traditional sense (if we can say there is…
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The Circus
The CircusTara HomasiPinsapo Press / Publication Studio2019 9 × 12.25 × 0.7 in.190 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printing Tara Homasi coaxed The Circus out of an existing book, The Circle of Life: Rituals from the Human Family Album. If Tom Phillips’ seminal redacted book, A Humument, is impressive because the original book is mediocre, obscure and visually…
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Object Objects
Object ObjectsShana KaplowDesigned by Matthew RezacSelf-published with support from TITLE Collective2019 10.625 × 8.375 in. closed112 pagesSmyth-sewn softcover with French flapsOffset printing “I can’t unknow the impact of these massive systems,” interdisciplinary visual artist Shana Kaplow writes on the front flap of Object Objects, referring to the underpinnings of capital and exploitative labor that gird…
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Fragmented Memory
Fragmented MemoryMajka Dokudowicz and Ioannis Anastasiou2019 5 × 6 × 0.5 in. closed48 pagesBinding: long stitchIncludes 11 unbound 2.25 × 2.875 in. prints on paper and one unbound 4 × 4.875 in. print on foilScreen printing and hot foil printingOpen edition of 55 copies Majka Dokudowicz makes work about fragments. Ioannis Anastasiou makes work about…
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