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Hoofstuk II
Chapter II

Item date(s): 2015

Nicola Fouché


Medium: Epson draft paper
Pages: 250 x 250 x 50
Binding: Clamshell/solander box
Technique: Digital print
Edition: Unique

Type: Accordion fold
Theme(s): Painting; Ephemerality

Place publication: Hermanus, South Africa
Publisher: The artist
Exhibition 2017

Reference note:
Through painting I observed the distinctly layered nature of my life, each translucent layer adding depth to the next layer; the surface and that which lies beneath becoming inseparable. To express this layered experience I photographed the process of brush-to-board-to-turpentine and the accidental marks and 'mess' which these movements left behind. These photographic documents, highly layered in their own right, formed the next layer of my analogy; essentially portraying the ephemerality and fleetingness of my everyday life.

Layered paint to photograph and finally to intricately bound artists' books. The artist's book as object provided a way of gathering all these layered experiences and expressing them as a visual story; the accordion-fold bind provided the possibility of viewing the content like a long, in-depth, inner-and outer journey. The final analogy, like the very nature of these artists' books, is dependent on how you choose to view them; will you combine the various spreads to create an entirely new narrative, or will you unfold the book and journey along its length, or you will you simply flip open the cover, stroke a page or two and then move on?

Accordion-fold artist's book in a handmade clamshell/solander box, handbound by the artist.



Exhibition notes:
‘Booknesses: Contemporary South African Artist's Books’.

FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg.

Curated by David Paton and Eugene Hon.

24 March - 5 May 2017



Ref: DP/17067











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