Tag: Monograph
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You are the star
You are the starWeina Li2022 8.5 × 11.5 in. closed70 pages with several 4 × 6 in. photographs inserted3-ring binding with acrylic coversInk jet You are the star presents Weina Li’s art practice, but it is more than a portfolio; it is a work of art in its own right. The book is bound with…
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Stock Pile
Stock PileAreca RoeDesign by Kelly MunsonForeword by Sheila Dickinson2021Self-published, printed by Edition One 8.5 × 11 in. closed90 pagesPerfect-bound softcover with French foldsLaser Stock photography is an uncanny reflection of reality. Its sanitization and anonymization of familiar settings function as a trick mirror, an almost-real representation that subtly but indelibly differs from what we encounter…
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Owed to The Mountain
Owed to The MountainDiane Jacobs2021Scantron Press 12.5 × 12.5 in. closed36 pagesSingle-section softcover pamphletDigital inside with letterpress cover Owed to The Mountain is a lavish tribute to Mt. Hood, which, on clear days, is still visible from Portland, where artist Diane Jacobs resides. The years-long project includes three versions of the book — an elaborate sculptural…
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A Ghost Story: Photographs
A Ghost Story: PhotographsBret Curry2021A24 FilmsTemper Books 8 × 11.5 in. closed136 pagesSmythe-sewn hardcoverOffset inside with foil-stamped coverEdition of 500 We expect ghost stories to scare us. Whether they’re shared on screen or around a campfire, we expect our surroundings to be dark, making the eeriness even creepier. Ghost stories should leave us looking over…
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Necrology
NecrologyLawrence Levi2021Printed by Conveyor Studio 5 × 7 in. closed48 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital offsetEdition of 100 There really isn’t much to say about death. Each metaphor for it feels imprecise; each explanation of its mechanics or significance says too little or too much. Where consciousness ends, so too do art and science or any other way…
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Against Decorum
Against DecorumMichael Hampton2022Information as material 6.25 × 9.25 in. closed120 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printingEdition of 500 Against Decorum is a work of uncreative writing, which forges poetry from the condition descriptions in rare book catalogues. These fragments of technical terms speak to age and injury and, ultimately, love and obsession. Hampton’s remix method epitomizes the publisher’s…
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Escape Book
Escape BookStefania Patrikiou2021 8.25 × 11.5 in. closed32 pagesPamphlet stitchScreen printEdition of 20 Completed in 2021, Escape Book is a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The colophon makes a statement to that effect, but the book is otherwise wordless, which allows Patrikiou to reflect on escapism more broadly. The screen-printed book combines photographic images…
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How to Draw Tornadoes
How to Draw TornadoesMichael Darcy2021 8.5 × 10.75 × 1 in. closed116 pagesCase-bound, sewn on tapesLaser printing “Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.” Alexander Pope, Epistles to Several Persons In How to Draw Tornadoes, Michael Darcy explores his early education through the longstanding analogy between the…
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Hogarth’s Copycats: 300 Years of Artistic Piracy
Hogarth’s Copycats: 300 Years of Artistic PiracyJeremy Bell2021 11 × 8.5 in. closed54 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printing Hogarth’s Copycats: 300 Years of Artistic Piracy is one of three books about William Hogarth by the independent scholar (and musician) Jeremy Bell. The three books, along with their online paratext, form a fluid ecosystem of interconnected and self-referential…
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To My Unborn Child
To My Unborn ChildWen-Li Chen2018 7 × 9 × 1 in. closed296 pagesSewn hardcover with exposed spineDigital printingEdition of 5 As the title implies, To My Unborn Child is an epistolary work ostensibly addressed to Chen’s then-unborn child. It addresses concerns shared by many expecting parents as well as some particular to Chen’s own inheritance…
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