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| 3 Constructions, no date. 4 pages 2" (h) x 2.25" (w), open 9.5". |
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| A piece devoted to planks in all of their glory. 4 pages 3.25" (h) x 4.5" (w), open 18" wide. |
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| Driftwood, planks and lines of foam make visible a very specific environment. 3 pages, 4" (h) x 4" (w), open 12". |
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| Potatoes and Ireland, what more is there to say—quite a lot as it turns out, and a whole bunch of it's here! 5 double-sided pages at 3.5" (h) x 3.5" (w) and open 1ft 5.5". |
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| Painter of the small moment, the same urban view seen over and over again, often through windows and rain. Simon Cutts calls him a "garret-artist" and I would agree, adding that he's served this role with distinction out there in Acton, West London for a long time now! 5 pages, 4.5" (h) x 3.75" (w), open 1ft 6.75". |
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| Musings on the domestic artifacts that belonged to the artist and how little value was attached to them by the market place, despite the artists' "All Sculpture is Furniture," call. This accordion should be seen in combination with Coracle's "After Brancusi," accordion book (2010) see below. 5 pages, 4.5" (h) x 3.75" (w) open 1ft 6.75". |
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A succinct summary of Brancusi's art & life & art. 5 pages 4.25" (h) x 3.5" (w), and opened 1ft 5.5". |
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| Quirky screen printed accordion. Each page 6.25" (h) x 5" (w), open 4ft 2". |
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| Back cover. |
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| This book is an example of a "diamond fold" accordion, and here Lopes has incorporated 96 triangular pieces of flags from different countries who were competing in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His hope for 'interaction' and maybe the disappearance of flags altogether is well taken. Each page 4" (h) x 4" (w), open 3ft 3". |
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Rúna Thorkelsdóttir is an artist, originally from Iceland, now a long time resident of the Netherlands and a partner in the great artists' bookstore, Boekie Woekie (Amsterdam). I asked Rúna to comment on these three accordion books of hers and her replies are below: |
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Barcycling (1988)
I was already making books when I sat in a cafe with friends at a big wooden table. As those wet rings from the glasses added on the table I started to play and made the barcycling drawing in the wetness. Later I made it with ink on a paper-plate and printed the bar cycling booklet. It is just a coincident that it reminds you of Dieter. I was not so very familiar with his works then as I became later.
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Vatnaljod (1988)
Vatnaljod - mean water poem. Vatnahljod - means water sound. Those words rhyme in Icelandic and the wavy background indicates water - waves. I found that fitting to my water poem.
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Untitled Harmonica, 2013
I have been printing since I, among others, founded Boekie Woekie 1986, here in Amsterdam. Printing on a Rotaprint offset machine, printing original graphic, that is to say, every colour is drawn on a paper offset plate, there is no existing original the printed image would be a reproduction of. The paper-plates don't print big runs, editions of more than a few hundred are hardly possible, the plates get worn but I have my fun mixing these old stones with newer ones for my flower jungles....I make the accordions since about two years ago, and they are all different and of an unlimited edition. So far I have made about twenty.
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| A double-sided mini silkscreen booklet that packs a considerable punch! Single page 3" (h) x 2.25" (w), and open 1ft 6". |
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| A fun accordion that tackles the big questions of existence. Single page 5.5" (h) x 4.25" (w). Open 1' 5". |
