Tag: Text
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Jericho’s Daughter
Jericho’s DaughterWarren Lehrer and Sharon HorvathEarSay2024 6.75 × 9 in. closed50 pagesSoftcover dos-á-dos with wraparound cover and string and button enclosureHP Indigo Jericho’s Daughter reimagines the biblical story of Jericho, this time told from the perspective of Rahab, the Canaanite prostitute who is spared by Joshua when the Israelites raze Jericho and who, having converted…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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Music of the Uncanny Soundscapes
Neil MajeskiMusic of the Uncanny SoundscapesFrom the series: The Last State or the Penultimate2020 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…
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Curious Details in Postcards
Neil MajeskiCurious Details in PostcardsFrom the series: The Last State or the Penultimate2021 4.5 × 7 in. closed24 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…
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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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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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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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