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The tale of tales

Item date(s): December, 2009

John Moore


Pages: unpaged (75pp)
Size: 400mm
Binding: Cloth cover
Inscription: Signed and inscribed by the artist
Edition: Unique


Place publication: (Johannesburg, RSA)
Publisher: Artists Book

Reference note:
The book was filled in through a process of automatic writing over a week of interaction with the book.

Commercial book, filled with white, acid free paper, and cover bound with black cloth

Codex with grey cloth cover filled original hand drawn images

Colophon: An encoded dedication, signed by the artist

Collection(s): The artist



Exhibition notes:
Included on the exhibition 'Transgressions and Boundaries of the Page', exhibited at WOORDFEES 2010. Archive Room in JS Gericke Library, University of Stellenbosch, 1st - 6th March 2010; The Gallery of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 15th April - 13th May 2010; the FADA Gallery, Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, University of Johannesburg, 12th - 30th July 2010.

Ref: DP/10012















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