Fragments of an interior
Artist's Book
1991 (published)
1991 (published)
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The 'fragments' in the title of this book could refer to the literal fragments of a broken body, as well as the snippets of text that loom from the paper like bruises. The text grimly details the flaying of the author's body, both physically and metaphorically.
Use of colour and texture further augment a strong, disturbing sense of the visceral. The loose leaf pages have been etched in splattered, clotted charbonnel red ink, suggestive of blood, and worked with hard and soft grounds, drypoint needles and fingers. The resulting scratched and scarred pages are soft to the touch, like skin. There is a strong sense of artisanship about the book.
'Fragments of an Interior' sets up an uneasy contrast between a beautifully crafted object and the violence of the words it contains.
NAL copy is no. 5 in an edition of 10, signed by the artist.
Use of colour and texture further augment a strong, disturbing sense of the visceral. The loose leaf pages have been etched in splattered, clotted charbonnel red ink, suggestive of blood, and worked with hard and soft grounds, drypoint needles and fingers. The resulting scratched and scarred pages are soft to the touch, like skin. There is a strong sense of artisanship about the book.
'Fragments of an Interior' sets up an uneasy contrast between a beautifully crafted object and the violence of the words it contains.
NAL copy is no. 5 in an edition of 10, signed by the artist.
Object details
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| Title | Fragments of an interior (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | "The series of plates were etched in both nitric and dutch acids for periods between 3 hours to 2 days. They are worked with hard and soft grounds, with drypoint needles and fingers. The plates were all copper excepting the plates for the texts which were produced on an Apple Mac and transferred to zinc photo etching plate. The ink, 'rouge ardent', is produced by Charbonnell, but for the text this ink was mixed with black & carmine to produce greater depth of tone' - artist's statement.
'The solander box was made at the Warburg Institute by Ted Grant using Japanese papers stained with the same Charbonnell ink and sealed with beeswax' - artist's statement. |
| Brief description | Artist's book, 'Fragments of an interior', Victoria Edwards, London, 1991 |
| Physical description | Artist's book. Printed in a limited ed. of 10 signed & numbered copies at the Slade School of Fine Arts London, 1991. 13 loose leaves |
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| Summary | The 'fragments' in the title of this book could refer to the literal fragments of a broken body, as well as the snippets of text that loom from the paper like bruises. The text grimly details the flaying of the author's body, both physically and metaphorically. Use of colour and texture further augment a strong, disturbing sense of the visceral. The loose leaf pages have been etched in splattered, clotted charbonnel red ink, suggestive of blood, and worked with hard and soft grounds, drypoint needles and fingers. The resulting scratched and scarred pages are soft to the touch, like skin. There is a strong sense of artisanship about the book. 'Fragments of an Interior' sets up an uneasy contrast between a beautifully crafted object and the violence of the words it contains. NAL copy is no. 5 in an edition of 10, signed by the artist. |
| Other number | X920029 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | 38041992102806 |
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