Friday, January 3, 2025

Beat Zoderer, Beat Zoderer, Museum Liner Appenzell, Switzerland, 2002, ed. 300


A really great catalogue that reproduces in life-size dimensions a long multi-colored sculptural work of Zoderer's titled Massstab No. 2/01, 2001. The play of scale between the real and its representation gives this accordion a really interesting perceptual and conceptual twist. Created by gluing together small wooden blocks and then painting them the work is 4.7" inches high and 9' 5" inches long. [Note: massstab is German for scale]

On the reverse side is a short statement by the editor of the catalogue accompanied by a quote by the well known Italian writer Oswald Egger that is printed in one continuous line along the back. The quote is from Egger's book The Hearth of Speech (1999) and is a stream of consciousness text ending with "...The second of seeing is over, I dream that I dream and - wake up."

16 double-sided pages, individually 8" x 11.25", and unfolded 15ft, with image of sculpture measuring 9ft long and 5.5" high.






Mike Wilson, Bunshin Horitoshi, Mike Wilson, The Dragon Series, Tribal Books, 2023

Three beautifully presented accordions on the theme of dragons that form part of Tribal Books' Dragon Series featuring the work of 12 accomplished male tattoo artists. Others in this series include, Matt Arriola, Steve Byrne, Andreas Coenen, Chris Garver, Grez, Timothy Hoyer, Tim Lehi, Chris O'Donnell and Mick Tattoo.

My only quibble about these accordions is that at $80 a pop, I expected a much more superior printing method than what's been used here and if that had been the case it would have paired nicely with the smart technical presentation to create a cool final product.

Each book is 6 single-sided pages, individually 8" x 6" and unfolded 3ft.

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Mike Wilson's Site

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The Dragon Series, edition of 500