Tag: Monograph
-
Pictures From the Outside: Interview with Chantal Zakari
Pictures From the OutsideChantal ZakariEighteen Publications2023 136 pages5.875 × 8.25 in. closedOffset printingEdition of 500 For Pictures From the Outside, Chantal Zakari asked her incarcerated adult students if there was a significant place they would like to see photographed, and then attempted to make the photographs they requested. The premise seems simple, but the vicissitudes…
-
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…
-
本の本の本
Antoine Lefebvre本の本の本 2021Antoine Lefebvre Editions 21 × 10.5 in. open48 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverOffset printing “The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.” Sol LeWitt, “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art,” Art Forum, 1967. 本の本の本 is a conceptual photographic artists’ book stemming from Antoine Lefebvre’s travels to Japan. Each duplex-printed page in the perfect-bound paperback has nine square photographs of…
-
Controlled Burn
Top-down view of Controlled Burn’s enclosure, which mimics a matchbox. Title text is an illustrated logotype with a burning match replacing the ‘u’ in ‘burn’. The background is red with flame motif.
-
One Star
Zak JensenOne Star2023 4 × 6 in. closed124 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printing Zak Jensen’s self-published book One Star collects one-star customer reviews of seasonal affective disorder lamps interspersed with stock photographs of the Sun. A bookmark accompanies the book; on one side: the title, edition size, artist’s name, and date of publication; on the other: a…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
Artists’ Book Reviews 