Thursday, February 24, 2022

R. Clarke-Davis, "a bOOK OF WaNdER What'S bECOMINg cOMMONPLaCE," and "Um Livrinho Cotidiano: Porém," Kiddy Viddy Press, 2021

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Two recent accordion/puzzle books from Clarke-Davis. The first one,  a bOOK OF WaNdER What'S bECOMINg cOMMONPLaCE , is the most explicit...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Bill Gaglione, Fluxus, 2022

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A surprise accordion from Picasso Gaglione in Knoxville. Definitely a minimalist piece from this post-dada artist — stripped down to the bas...

Sally Pine, Alphabet Alligator, Autumn Publishing, London, 2021

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I recently took a dive into looking at other types of accordion books, and I surfaced amongst the longstanding tradition of children's a...

Derrick Adams, Our Time Together, inkjet print on vinyl, 2021

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This accordion is the catalogue for a site specific mural created for the Milwaukee Art Museum. The work celebrates the rituals of Black lif...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Mat Brinkman, Linchetto, Hollow Press, Italy, 2019, ed. 400

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Front Cover This is a dark and funky accordion that takes the legend of the mischievous sprite, Linchetto, who lives in the Italian province...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Daniel Spoerri, Cent ans sens sang! (A hundred years without blood!), Editions Jannink, Paris, 2017

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This is a fascinating accordion by this longtime Swiss avantgardist (b. 1930) who is perhaps best known for his "snare-pictures," ...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Ian Hamilton Finlay, A Rock Rose, with Richard Demarco, information sheet for The Wild Hawthorn Press, c. 1971

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This is a simple information sheet publicizing Finlay's 'Wild Hawthorn Press' coupled with comments about the press from such wo...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Carol Chase Bjerke, WALLS and TOUCH/STONES, offset printing, 2014.

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I was pleasantly surprised to find these two beautiful accordions by Carol Bjerke,  a local book artist here in Madison. An added touch in t...