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| Bob & Roberta Smith is an energetic Brit word artist and this is a hilarious accordion in which the shape of each US state is printed per page and underneath is printed its 'mis-identification' by people in London, UK. Printed in an edition of 100 and still available for $50 from Purgatory Pie Press-PPP Size: 2" (h) x 12' (l) |
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| At 2" wide and 12" tall this tiny accordion packs a big punch and reflects Finlay's interest in the Revolutionary period in France. This feisty and incorrigible concrete poet and Scotsman died in 2006 leaving behind one of the most unique gardens on that sceptered isle, Little Sparta. Little Sparta Trust website Finlay's works are still available at very reasonable prices (Evolution is £5/$8) at: Wild Hawthorn Press - Cards Index |
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Documentation of Nicolai's exhibition "Landschaft/Interieur," at the Galeri Jenotik, Berlin. June/July, 1996. This perforated strip of color photograhs document the plants and rocks that were featured in this exhibition. 3" (h) x 45" (l) |
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| Smart visual & concrete letterpress word play by these prolific publishing veterans using different regional words to describe the "...narrow passageways between buildings, the short-cuts between houses in a row." [From introduction] 6" (h) x 28" (l). |
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Two very different sides to this cool accordion, Gleichverstz by Peter Pommerer. 8" (h) x 5' (l) |
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| Brit 'walk' artist Robert Long's front cover, 2009. |
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| Very smart detournment of underground station names by Barbara Kruger, 2010. |
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A Patua scroll created by the West Bengalese artists, Moyna & Joydeb Chitrakar, about the effects of the 2004 tsunami. This is supposedly the first time one of these indigenous narrative graphic panels has been printed in the form of a book. Traditionally it would be a series of panels stitched together, from which the author/performer shared the pictures and traditional stories, as well as contemporary events. At 5'9" long and 14.5" wide this original accordion silkscreen print is a wonderful object, and a moving response to this horrific event.
This link shows the artists and investigates the tradition that these singing scrolls are a part of: Tsunami (a book by Tara Books) Copies of this book available on the internet for the astonishingly low price of $20. |
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I really know very little about this artist but this delicate accordion/map is a treat. The text in French and English says, "In the garden where I work, we cultivate images. Sometimes, weather permitting, after a shower of China ink or a storm of colours, drawings and paintings grow." 26" (h) x 19 1/2" (w) |
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A very long accordion recording the Coronation of Queen Victoria on June 28th, 1838. |
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