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Land of Beauty and Splendour

Item date(s): 2008

Rosalind Cleaver - (book artist)

Pages: unpaged
Size: 320mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist

Place publication: Johannesburg, RSA
Publisher: Artists Book

Additional notes:
In the art making process of LAND OF SPLENDOUR, the book with its scenic photography is irreparably transformed and damaged. This procedure is analogous with incursions of sports facilities on the South African landscape.

The text block of the book has been carved into a "pop-down" giving a single illustrated landscape of a golf course.

Exhibition notes:
Gaia: Dialogue between the book arts, natural sciences & plant humanities. JBCBA, WAM. Curated by David Paton & Ciara Struwig. 16 September – 12 December 2025

Ref: GB/12064