A PAIR OF KING PENGUINS, 2011–2012
1/ Gracia Haby
The first aerial travellers
2011
Artists’ book, unique state, featuring collage elements and pencil
Exhibited as part of the group exhibition, In Suspense (2011), this artists’ book is the first in the King Penguin series.
Other King Penguins to have been modified by the means of collage include One step ahead; A headdress to show you how much I care; This is where the dormouse lives; One step ahead; and Testing the laws of hazard.
The entire series of King Penguins thus far is in the collection of the State Library of NSW.
2/ Gracia Haby
One step ahead
2011–2012
Artists’ book, unique state, featuring collage elements and pencil
One step ahead, made especially for the exhibition, By This Unwinking Night (2012), features a cast tailed and feathered running through Janet Leeper’s English Ballet. In its true and original guise, English Ballet was first published in 1944 featuring 16 colour plates. It is the twentieth book in the King Penguin series, and one of a growing handful modified. One step ahead in its equally true state replete with menagerie winged and clawed and roaring is an original artists’ book made in 2011–2012.
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RELATED POSTS,
ONE STEP AHEAD
A MERRY DANCE
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In Suspense at Hand Held Gallery
BONNIE HANLON, JILL HERMANS, SHERIDAN JONES, SARAH EVE DEAMAN, SHELLAINE GODBOLD, PRISCILLA AMBROSINI, CLAYTON TREMLETT, HELEN MALONE, JENNIFER BOLHOFNER, GRACIA HABY & LOUISE JENNISON, DEBORAH KLEIN, NOELA MILLS, PAUL COMPTON
IN SUSPENSE
THURSDAY 3RD OF NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 26TH OF NOVEMBER, 2011
AN EXHIBITION CURATED BY MEGAN HERRING, HAND HELD GALLERY
HAND HELD GALLERY, SUITE 18, PARAMOUNT ARCADE, 108 BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE
Especially for our part in the group exhibition, In Suspense, we made an installation, The first aerial travellers, comprising of an artists’ book by Gracia (of the same name), several (winged) drawings by Louise, and a (lucky find) 365 Happy Days butterfly calendar.
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RELATED LINK,
OVER MY SHOULDER (VI)
FEATURING THE ARTISTS' BOOK, THE FIRST AERIAL TRAVELLERS, THE SIXTH TINY FILM IN AN ONGOING IPHONE SERIES, OVER MY SHOULDER, TAKES YOU TO THE MOON BY HOT AIR BALLOON. IN THE QUIET HUSH OF THE RMIT LIBRARY, WE INVITE YOU TO TURN THE PAGES AS RUDY VALLEE (HOME) SINGS IN YOUR EAR SOFT LULLABY.
RELATED POSTS,
A WHITE-BROWED TREECREEPER FLIES INTO A BOOK
THROUGH THE GLASS
OVER MY SHOULDER (VI)
THE SPORT OR PASTIME OF FLYING IN A BALLOON
THE PERILS OF BALLOONING
TUESDAY'S RETREAT
Gracia Haby
The first aerial travellers
2011
Artists’ book, unique state, featuring collage elements and pencil
Louise Jennison
Barn owl (Tyto alba)
White-browed treecreeper (Climacteris affinis)
Delias Hübner (Pieredae)
2011
Pencil on paper
