"The open & closed book: Contemporary book arts"
Artist's Book
1993 (published)
1993 (published)
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This work by Yohei Nishimura is one of a series of bookworks that are the result of the artist's experiments of working on various objects by firing them in a kiln, 'At a certain point, I tried to fire books coated with clay as I believed that was the only way to keep forms of paper without turning them to ashes. Then I found a curious fact that not only a part of the book coated with clay, but also a part without, still conserves a form'.
In this case the artist has fired a copy of a catalogue of an exhibition held at the V&A entitled 'The open & closed book' (1979). The original work is shrunk, the wrappers are a stark white and the pages are fused together.
In this case the artist has fired a copy of a catalogue of an exhibition held at the V&A entitled 'The open & closed book' (1979). The original work is shrunk, the wrappers are a stark white and the pages are fused together.
Object details
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| Title | "The open & closed book: Contemporary book arts" (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Kiln-fired book |
| Brief description | Artist's book, 'The open and closed book: Contemporary book arts', by Yohei Nishimura, Tokyo, 1993 |
| Physical description | Copy of the V&A's catalogue of an exhibition held from 12 September until 18 November 1979 entitled "The open & closed book" altered by the artist by firing in a kiln at extreme temperature. The object is shrunk, whitened and fused together. Commissioned from the artist by the Victoria & Albert Museum, National Art Library. Accompanied by a copy of the title-leaf of the original published work. |
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| Summary | This work by Yohei Nishimura is one of a series of bookworks that are the result of the artist's experiments of working on various objects by firing them in a kiln, 'At a certain point, I tried to fire books coated with clay as I believed that was the only way to keep forms of paper without turning them to ashes. Then I found a curious fact that not only a part of the book coated with clay, but also a part without, still conserves a form'. In this case the artist has fired a copy of a catalogue of an exhibition held at the V&A entitled 'The open & closed book' (1979). The original work is shrunk, the wrappers are a stark white and the pages are fused together. |
| Other number | X930110 - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | 38041993108398 |
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| Record created | March 25, 2014 |
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