Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Paula Kemper, Toni, Zurich: Nimbus. Kunst und Bucher AG, 2012

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A nice pocket-sized accordion by this young German artist and illustrator. The tale being told is certainly an enigmatic one with its cen...
Friday, July 8, 2016

La Jicara (The Gourd), #8, 1999, Chiapas, Mexico

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I just came across another copy of this fantastic magazine created by indigenous Mayan women in San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico  to promot...
Friday, July 1, 2016

Tanya Modlin, Hotel Rompo, Chicago: Perfectly Acceptable Press, 2016

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A fun Risograph accordion print by this Chicago-based independent comics artist and illustrator that depicts a wacky hotel with all sort...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Romano Hänni, Worte machen das Unendliche endlich (Words Make the Infinite Finite), Basel: Romani Hanni, 2008. [Edition 290]

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A really fascinating accordion by this book artist and typographer who was born in Switzerland in 1956. The title is apt for a work th...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Ginger R. Burrell, Sandy Hook, 2013. [edition 100]

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A moving and well crafted accordion book that is a tribute to the 20 children between the ages of 6 & 7 as well as 6 adult staff, ...
Friday, June 17, 2016

Bea Nettles, The Fig Leaf, Urbana, Illinois, 2010, ed. 17

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A spunky and humorous little accordion booklet exploring the history of the fig leaf, the idea for which arose when Nettles spent time i...

Bea Nettles, 14 Mysteries, Urbana, Illinois, 2012. [open edition]

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This is just a gem of an artists' book, and integral to the work is its accordion format. Underneath the 14 keys and for the whole l...
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Sjoed Knibbeler, Paper Planes, Fw: Books, 2015

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This accordion comes in a beautifully made folder and the work is made up of photographs of 16 folded paper planes that are based upon d...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Dennis Oppenheim, Flower Arrangement for Bruce Nauman, New York City: Multiples, Inc., 1970. [edition: 1200]

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As the title of this work suggests its a work in dialogue with a fellow minimalist/conceptual artist, Bruce Nauman, and a work of his ti...