Time's Shadow 2021A Collaborative Show with Gary Anthes, photographerThe Japanese have an artistic philosophy that reveres aging beauty, holding in high esteem people, natural elements, and manufactured things that are old, imperfect, and incomplete. Sometimes called wabi-sabi, it stands in opposition to the classic Western notions of perfection, beauty, and youth. We chose the works for this show with that aesthetic in mind. In them, we also see a combination of mystery, melancholy, and transience. For us, these attributes contribute to feelings of aloneness (but not necessarily loneliness) and tranquility. |
August 21, 2017Handmade Artist Book, accordian structure12" x 144" Made by Elizabeth Curren and Carolee Jakes. All pages of the book are hand-pulled screenprints on black Arches Cover. The book is constructed with archival mat board. All images of the sun are adapted from original photos of the solar eclipse taken by Dwain Winters. The pages were screenprinted at Dead Run Studio, McLean, VA; assembled at Camel Leopard Press, Bethesda, MD. The edition size of five books is sold out. A copy can be found in the Library of Congress, Rare Books Collection, Washington, DC. |
