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Abstract Illegible
#1

Item date(s): 2005

Laura Wait  - (book artist)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 285mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist.
Edition: Unique


Place publication: Steamboat Springs, CO
Publisher: Akimbo Arts

Additional notes:
Unique variant artist's book by Laura Wait. 11.125" x 6.5" x 1.5". Pages of mixed media: acrylic paint, ink, stencils and paste on Arches Cover paper and mylar. Handwritten words are employed as imagery, with textual reference, but not necessarily legible. The abstract shapes are similar to the word shapes. Bound in medieval stylered painted cedar wood boards, sewn on linen cords with orange colored linen cords. Colored anodized aluminum letters on both covers are drawn from stenciled letters used inside the book. Black cloth dropback box lined with blue padded velvet and paper title label on spine.

Wait writes: "The mylar pages were the inspiration for this book. They sat in the cupboard of partially made items for several years. I have been working with words and shapes in combination for the past few years, and decided to make a book with abstract shapes throughout the book, combined with illegible writing. The writing is used as a layer of abstraction, not as an explanation for the painting. The book is slightly crude, and the cover is meant to be a continuation of that characteristic, but in contrast decorated with metal letters which are based on the stencils used to create the mylar."

Exhibition notes:
Beyond Words

JGCBA

20 June - 11 Aug 2023

Ref: GB/10921


   



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