Mark Grotjahn, 50 Kitchens: 2013-2018, Mark Grotjan Studio, 2022, ed. 1500

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In 2018 Grotjahn had an exhibition at LACMA (Los Angeles) and premiered what he calls his "Butterfly" compositions, and this cool leporello reproduces, on a smaller scale, all the works in this fascinating series. I'll let the LACMA statement about the show describe the works: "Conceived as one work, 50 Kitchens takes its inspiration from a single composition (in black and cream-colored pencil) that Grotjahn made to meet the dimensional specifications of a wall in his kitchen. The more than 50 subsequent chromatic drawings explore pairs of radiating colors (like Tuscan Red and Chartreuse, or Grass Green and Canary Yellow) and together create a prismatic display. The works allude to artists interested in color, light, and optics, such as Wassily Kandinsky and the Op art painters of the 1960s, and also incorporate residual traces of earlier drawings that have been seamlessly integrated into the new works".

The reverse side of each page of the leporello has the title of the individual works and here's an example:

Untitled

(Muted Turquoise and Nectar Butterfly 49.02)

Here's a link to further information about Grotjahn: Mark Grotjahn « Artists « BLUM

55 double-sided pages, individual pages 5.75" x 3.25" and when unfolded 14ft 10.75"

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