front cover
Another snake book from this peripatetic artist and it looks like the subject matter might be the shores of the Lake Michigan close to where he lives.
12 pages, individually 5.25" x 4.25 and when opened 1ft 5".
back cover
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Florence Lanxuan Liu, Two Chairs & A Ladder, Dough Press, Shanghai, China, 2024
the accordion in its plastic pouch
The following is a statement put out by Dough Press about this humorous little artists' book, "Two Chairs & A Ladder is an artists’ book by Florence Lanxuan Liu. It was inspired by her journey across different cities in China, witnessing the tradition of sausage curing by various households. She believes that the ways of sausage hanging demonstrates how people intelligently utilize both private and public space, as well as mundane structures and furniture, to create a vital, functional, and temporary installation. The word “晒(shai)” in Chinese means both ‘to hang’ and ‘to exhibit’. Inspired by this wordplay, Two Chairs & A Ladder documents one of the encounters of sausage hanging with an accordion text block held by a hardcover, without any glue binding the pages together. The artist invites you to interact with the book’s structure with a creative mindset and to explore the dynamic relationship between art and everyday objects".
16 double-sided pages, indivisually 6" x 3.5", and when unfolded 4ft 8inches
front cover of the work's folder
back cover
accordion folder opened up with image of two chairs and a ladder
this print sits loose inside the folder
reverse side
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