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This book is sort of a hand-drawn 'editioned' work (see also, MANHOLE). The first part is a simple artists book (master copy - see diagram), similar to others I have made in the past. But because artists books are such a pain to exhibit, the second part of this project was born (edition - see diagram). It consists of one fully bound book, identical to the original master copy, for every page spread in that master. For example, since there are twenty-one page spreads in the master - there are twenty-one individually bound books, identical to the master, except that all the pages are blank but for the spread corresponding to the spread of the master. If this seems confusing, please click though the images, and hopefully it will become clear. What I like about it is that several images of the master book have been cut through consecutive pages so that they are visible on multiple page spreads. So for each singular book in the "editioned" part, the same image needs to be drawn anywhere from one to five times, depending on how many page spreads that image appears on in the master copy. If you look though the pages in sequence on this site, you will notice the same image re-appearing, even though the page has been (virtually) turned. It might help to flip back and fourth to see it. I have always been attracted to specific work of comic book artists, where, in consecutive panels, even though a character or scene appears the same, the viewer is able to pick out tiny details pointing to the fact that the artist took the time to re-draw the image each time, instead of succumbing to the easy (and sterile) methods of speeding up the process of darwing (like photo copying the original image or just cutting and pasting on a computer). I think it lends a certain warmth to the work that images we see everywhere tend to lack. I also love seeing lettering in signs/ads that appear to be hand drawn, and upon closer inspection, confirming that, yes indeedy-doo, each "e" looks a little different, as opposed to just using a computer-made font created to give the (again, sterile) "look" of being hand drawn. |
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