WHIM: Extremes
Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2022. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass.
This is one of a series of unique works by Satin, each signed by her. The aesthetic overall image of these pages are tranquil, soft, and pretty - but when the segmented alphabet letters are correctly joined, they spell bitter words. Those words are lightly penciled in on the bottom of each page. This work plays with the extremes of hidden negative sentiments juxtaposed with crystals and uplifting pastel colors. Satin hides her "bitter" words by cutting each letter in half and rotating the segments. According to the artist: "The idea behind (this book) is extremes: reflections / range of human feelings / emotions; opposing political positions; philosophical disparities; gentle and hard/bitter ... The aesthetic images are calm and soothing, [but] the segmented alphabet letters/text when joined, reveal opposite meanings." Created from acid free white card stock paper and bound with clear filaments and beads, this book includes segmented letters, various papers, crystals, and beads. In fine condition. Measures 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Unpaginated [12 pages]. ARTISTSB/110322. Fine.
Item #36088
Price: $500.00