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Composition de L'alchemie: Alchemist's Tome

Item date(s): 2016

Colleen Winter


Size: 420mm
Binding: In folder
Technique: Mixed media
Edition: Unique

Type: Unbound sheets
Theme(s): Artmaking as alchemical ritual

Place publication: Johannesburg
Publisher: The artist
Exhibition 2017

Reference note:
As part of my MTech (Fine Art) studies I explore my art making as alchemical ritual. As documentation of my making process is important, I chose to make a journal. I wanted this to reflect the notion and feel of an Alchemist's Tome. It comprises large, loose signatures of stained paper that I intend to hand-bind at the end of my studies. I have used various writing tools and inks, including those made myself. It serves as a self-reflexive documentation of my journey.

Tome is a self-reflexive documentation of the process of my making, the engine that drives my studies. It is a work in progress that reflects the nature and processes of alchemy.

420 x 320mm

An ongoing journal consisting of large, loose signatures of stained paper

Artist as sole producer



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/17012


   


   



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