Sol Negro | Black Sun
Buenos Aires: LIBRO UNICO, 2022. Paperback. Number 10 of 10 copies, numbered and signed by the artist, printed on handmade paper made by Vicky and Pablo Sigwald at Molino del Manzano's Mill and illustrated with two giclée reproductions of the drawings using archival-quality pigment inks. An additional 6 copies were printed on Indian Khadi handmade paper with two original illustrations. Letterpress printed at Imprenta Ideal by Patricio Gatti. Most of the copies in this series have been hand bound in unique bindings by Sol Rébora; however, this copy is unbound and is issued in sheets. The leaves are in the original handmade paper wrapper with blind stamped circle design to front panel. Text in Spanish and English. Housed in a brown paper case with paper label to spine panel.
"Orozco's verses force us to acknowledge the stubbornness that stirs us to create ambiguities in our many facades, eager to hide what has torn us apart or to show off what makes us proud. To our delight, Catalina Chervin and Melanie Nicholson have added several elements to Orozco's original potion: the former with her drawings and the latter with her translation. Together, they show us that those moments of darkness, such as an eclipse or black sun, confinement or the pandemic, push us to reckon with the true skin we live in, the one we tirelessly and unyieldingly use in the construction of our countless identities" (prologue). Size: 8.5 x 12 inches. Unpaginated. [24 pages.] ARTB/040925. Fine. More
