A SERIES OF FIVE ARTISTS’ BOOKS, 2008
Objects gathered with care from recent reads.
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
Objects gathered with care from recent reads (I)
Objects gathered with care from recent reads (II)
Objects gathered with care from recent reads (III)
Objects gathered with care from recent reads (IV)
Objects gathered with care from recent reads (V)
2008
A set of five concertina artists’ books, four-colour lithographic offset print on Lana Aquarelle satine 185gsm paper
Cover, watercolour, pencil and ink stamp on Fabriano Artistico HP 640gsm
Printed by Redwood Prints
Bound (by Louise Jennison)
Edition of 12
Can you spot the moon? We gathered it from Sense and Sensibility. Can you spot Sabine’s bowler hat from her nightstand or Chantel’s red-beaded necklace? How about Fanny’s engagement ring that is “quite the pigeons egg”? Perhaps a daffodil stolen from the gardens in the Louvre for Rudy, or shard of broken glass thrown by Communist protesters? A piece of flint? It’s all in there.
Thank-you to all the authors of the books we have recently read. We have enjoyed collecting objects from you.
All five artists’ books were exhibited as part of But for the moon nobody could see us (2008). Objects gathered with care from recent reads (I) and (III) were exhibited as part of Secondary Sources (2008).
In addition, Objects gathered with care from recent reads I–V, the full set, was exhibited as part of the 2009 Geelong acquisitive print awards, at the Geelong Gallery, Geelong. In a cabinet of their own they sat, two concertina bindings of ours unfurled at full length, three fanned in shape of a star.
A full set was later exhibited as part of Fine impressions: printmaking and artists' books in Melbourne 1999–2010, at the Cowen Gallery, State Library Victoria, Melbourne.
Editions of these books are in the collections of the State Library Victoria, and the State Library of Queensland.
Exhibited as part of Fine Impressions
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
Objects gathered from recent reads (I–V)
CO-CURATED BY DES COWLEY AND ROBERT HEATHER
FRIDAY 26TH OF AUGUST 2011 – THURSDAY 16TH OF FEBRUARY 2012
COWEN GALLERY, STATE LIBRARY VICTORIA, 328 SWANSTON STREET, MELBOURNE
Fine impressions: printmaking and artists’ books in Melbourne 1999–2010 showcases beautiful limited-edition books by 20 Melbourne artists and printmakers.
In the digital era the future of the printed book seems uncertain, yet the handmade artist's book is a flourishing artform. Each of these works is unique in its use of design, typography, paper and binding, both drawing upon and extending the history and tradition of the book.
The artists featured include Petr Herel, Angela Cavalieri, Daniel Moynihan, Bruno Leti, Inge King, Peter Lyssiotis, Carolyn Fraser, George Matoulas, Susan Purdy, Lyn Ashby, Martin King, Tommaso Durante, Theo Strasser, John Ryrie, Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison
“.... Artists Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison used their computer to construct elaborate collages featuring furry animals at play in 18th-century interiors, which were then printed as four-colour lithographic offset prints and bound concertina style..... The select group of artists and printers featured in this survey make books that reflect the beauty of the form while at the same time challenging our notion of what a book is. Working with both traditional and modern methods, they have drawn upon the primary elements of the book — design, typography, paper, binding — to create handmade, limited-edition works of art that reinforce the uniqueness and mystery of books.”
Exhibited as part of Secondary Sources
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
Objects gathered from recent reads (I) and (III)
KRISTIAN BRENNAN, PETER CLARKE, WAYNE CONDUIT, RHETT D'COSTA, PETER ELLIS, GRACIA HABY, RICHARD HARDING, LOUISE JENNISON, NICHOLAS JONES, ROBIN KINGSTON, ADAM LEE, JOHN MACKINNON, GREG MONCRIEFF, COLLEEN MORRIS, CHARLES O'LOUGHLIN, SIMON PERRY, WILMA TABACCO, MARIAN TUBBS, FRAN VAN REIMSDYK, LOUISE WEAVER, SHAUN WILSON, DAVID WLAZLO, TONY WOODS
SECONDARY SOURCES
MONDAY 18TH OF AUGUST – FRIDAY 29TH OF AUGUST, 2008
AN EXHIBITION CURATED BY DR. PHIL EDWARDS
RMIT SCHOOL OF ART GALLERY, BUILDING 2, BOWEN STREET, MELBOURNE
Often works of the imagination in the form of literature, i.e. novels, religious texts, film scripts or poetry, act an as inspiration and source material for visual artworks. Each artist responds to the individual works of fiction that have influenced their art practice, as distinct from theoretical and academic texts.
Dr Phil Edwards
