Pentimento: Mappa Antica Venezia
Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2009. A unique book created as part of a series about Venice. The book artist describes this beautiful and mysterious work as an homage to the city of Venice, Italy, where she was awarded three residencies in 2009, 2012, and 2015. During these residencies, she pursued her research on the waters and gardens of the city. Following her residencies, in addition to her books about Venice, she produced two short videos: "The Waters of Venice: Remembering Henry James" and "Water Veils". The MAPPA ANTICA VENEZIA images are printed on transparencies, with embedded monofilaments and small crystals on the filaments or embroidered on the pages. Images of the churches of Venice are printed on the side edges of two of the pages with metallic overlays. Claire states: "PENTIMENTO refers to the idea of reappearences manifested by employing the use of transparency, multiplicity, interpenetration. These factors result in the concept of indeterminacy influenced by my association with John Cage whom I met in 1979." A native of Brooklyn, Claire Jeanine Satin's talent was first recognized when she was just 8 years old. After high school she continued her education at Brooklyn Museum of Art School and Sarah Lawrence College. Her mentor, Theodore Roszak, shepherded Claire into the MFA program at Pratt Institute, and recommended her for a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant in sculpture, which she was awarded. In the late 70s, while teaching in the Art Department at Broward Community College (now Broward College), she met the composer John Cage, and also the minimalist composer Steve Reich and the avant garde filmmaker Stan van der Beek. Claire became a follower of Cage's theories and his concept of indeterminacy and her work has been largely devoted to the concept of chance/indeterminacy, allowing this idea to take precedence over other pursuits of art-making in bookworks and related objects. To date, she has created 250 bookworks. Her work can be found in numerous international collections including: The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty, MOMA, The Victoria and Albert Museum, National Institute of Design (India), and The King Stephen Museum (Hungary). Book Size: 11 x 13 inches open. ARTISTSBOOK/030118. Fine.
Item #31816
Price: $1,800.00