Between the two
Artist's Book
1997 (published)
1997 (published)
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In this book without text the artist returns to the plant and natural imagery of her early books. In this work the camera is used as a means of artistic expression rather than as a documentary tool.
'This bookwork is constructed to unravel across the open spread and around the edge of the page to express one continuous visual narrative. It begins with sparse photographic renderings of grasses as black line on white, progresses into a softer tonal sequence embodying flight and finally, in the latter part of the book, develops an arabesque dance of tendrical peas, as light on dark, leading to a flowering of the book. Black and white throughout, the book is bound in scarlet crushed velvet'. From the artist's website: www.weproductions.com
'This bookwork is constructed to unravel across the open spread and around the edge of the page to express one continuous visual narrative. It begins with sparse photographic renderings of grasses as black line on white, progresses into a softer tonal sequence embodying flight and finally, in the latter part of the book, develops an arabesque dance of tendrical peas, as light on dark, leading to a flowering of the book. Black and white throughout, the book is bound in scarlet crushed velvet'. From the artist's website: www.weproductions.com
Object details
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| Title | Between the two (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed book, red velour cover |
| Brief description | Artist's book, 'Between the two', by Helen Douglas, Yarrow, 1997 |
| Physical description | Artist's book printed offset on Kestrel white and Scotia translucent 135 gsm paper. Bound in scarlet crushed velvet. Limited edition of 1000 copies. 168 pages. |
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| Summary | In this book without text the artist returns to the plant and natural imagery of her early books. In this work the camera is used as a means of artistic expression rather than as a documentary tool. 'This bookwork is constructed to unravel across the open spread and around the edge of the page to express one continuous visual narrative. It begins with sparse photographic renderings of grasses as black line on white, progresses into a softer tonal sequence embodying flight and finally, in the latter part of the book, develops an arabesque dance of tendrical peas, as light on dark, leading to a flowering of the book. Black and white throughout, the book is bound in scarlet crushed velvet'. From the artist's website: www.weproductions.com |
| Other number | X980155 - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | 38041998100119 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2014 |
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