Red, Yellow, Blue
Philadelphia: Alice Austin, 2000. Paperback. Number 208 of 500 copies, signed by the artist. "An interplay of color and paper engineering - simple like a flower, and can be grouped and arranged in multiples for display" (artist). Stiff pictorial yellow paper wrappers with interior of three map-fold pop-ups. Covers and interior pages were printed on Mohawk Superfine paper in five colors using offset lithography at the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts in Philadelphia. Housed in an open-ended yellow paper envelope printed in design matching book covers - with black title to front panel. Size: 3 x 5 inches, closed, Envelope Size: 4.25 x 7.5 inches.
"My approach to the book is often sculptural: the form presents the idea. Words, when used, reinforce the visual. My knowledge of different book forms has evolved over the years spent as a book conservator and teacher. I see myself as a keeper of craft, using this respect for a beautifully realized book, and combining it with a modern approach, to create a sensual object. In my work I am interested in the textures of different mark making - drawn or printed - the feel of the paper - the sound of the page - as it relates to the entire book" (artist statement).
Alice Austin is a printmaker, book artist and painter living and working in Philadelphia. She has been on the faculty at the University of the Arts, teaching book structures, and has also taught workshops at the Center for Book Arts in New York, Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland, The Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, and other institutions. She earned a BFA from the Philadelphia College of Art and has been an active member of the Guild of Book Workers since 1998. She worked as a rare book and paper conservator for over 20 years at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Alice has also been awarded several artist residencies in Europe, and her work is widely held in private, public and special collections worldwide. ARTB/030624. Fine.
Item #37154
Price: $40.00