Playing Around
Fort Lauderdale: Dorothy Simpson Krause, 2004. This book is from noted book artist, Dorothy Simpson Krause. This book is one of two variants of the original, which was in Krause's Book+Art and is with the archive of the works in that book residing at the University of Miami special collections library. Krause is a painter, collage artist and printmaker who incorporates digital mixed media into her art. Her work is exhibited regularly in galleries and museums and featured in numerous current periodicals and books. In her artist's statement Krause says: "My work includes large scale mixed media pieces, artist books and book-like objects that bridge between these two forms. It embeds archetypal symbols and fragments of image and text in multiple layers of texture and meaning. It combines the humblest of materials, plaster, tar, wax and pigment, with the latest in technology to evoke the past and herald the future. My art-making is an integrated mode of inquiry that links concept and media in an ongoing dialogue – a visible means of exploring meaning.
She describes the book's title of Playing Around as suggesting a double entendre, which is amplified by the two somewhat risqué playing card images. They portray a jack and a king engaging in a visual exchange, and are supported by metal tabs which enable the images to stand facing, as a bit of wry humor. The book does not fold and only stands. With black covers with a red title on the cover and Krause's signature and date on the rear cover. The front cover also has a silver shield ornament above the title. The card images are multi-colored. Their borders are slightly discolored but still bright. Accompanied by two black paper envelopes. Very good + condition. The work measures 7 x 9.5 inches and has two pages. ARTB/052824. Very Good+.
Item #37248
Price: $450.00