Cyber-Egos
New York: Béatrice Coron, 2000. Number 3 of 3 copies. Each page is hand numbered with the edition. A book of computer related frustrations illustrated with handcut black Tyvek sheets mounted in six unbound white paper folios. One folio titled "Caught in the Web" depicts a person staring at a computer screen as a web of wires shoots from the computer and keyboard, wrapping around the room. Another titled "Going Through it All" shows a person throwing themselves through their computer screen, an axe at their feet. A third titled "Small is Beautiful" shows a person working on a tiny laptop that they can hardly see, bent over and crammed into a tiny alcove with books on shelves all around them. The fourth titled "Not in the Mood" shows a person sitting a desk holding a gun as the computer taunts them by blowing a party tongue roller. Each of the six folios is titled on the front in handcut Tyvek, which is covered by a clear mylar "screen." Housed in a grey cloth covered box with scratch board title label to front panel and a scratch board label with the artist's name, date, and edition number to the interior. The box is lined with embossed red paper. Minor rubbing and wear to box edges and panels. Size: 16 x 12 inches.
French born Béatrice Coron is a renowned artist whose work includes book arts, fine art, and public art. Her work can be found in major museum collections, libraries, as well as private collections. Her books are fascinating creations made through cutting images in paper or Tyvek. Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections at the University of Miami describes her work in Coron's "artfragments" portfolio: "There is a palpable joy in the work of Béatrice Coron, the kind of joy we felt as children in unwrapping a particularly enticing holiday gift. But...for Béatrice the gift is a sheet of Tyvek...or paper, and the stories to be unearthed and unleashed within and through the medium." Coron describes her book work: "For the last 20 years, I have been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. Collecting memories from individuals and communities, I stage narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. These visual chronicles record archetypal stories that transcend time and space. I have been fascinated by the relation of people to their space and the sense of belonging. Using papercutting where everything is cut from a single piece of Tyvek, the profusion of individual stories makes a coherent whole world." [From her website]. ARTB/102723. Fine.
Item #36861
Price: $1,650.00