Devoured
El Sobrante, CA: Lisa Kokin, 2021. Part of The Wordless Library series, which were created by the artist during the Covid-19 pandemic. Kokin describes this series: "I have no words for what we as a world have been going through since Covid arrived and the response by many governments, including our own, has been grossly inadequate. My internal word and story repository is empty; the narrative has been rendered asemic. In The Wordless Library series, I make conceptual book-like objects by sewing on metal with my beat up old jalopy of a Kenmore sewing machine, circa 1975. It is immensely satisfying, even cathartic, to puncture the metal with my machine. I start each piece without a preconceived notion of what it will become. I patinate, I puncture, and I perforate. At times I include scraps of fabric onto which the patina bleeds, creating a blue-green tint. The threadless stitches follow lines reminiscent of text; sometimes they are even grouped into “words.” Other times they look as though an animal has bored into them, creating uneven lacunae. Some are books with pages, unreadable and repetitive, forming random lines and patterns, stark and minimalist, artifacts of the times we are living through."
Made from a sheet of patinated copper. Size: 8 x 10 x 5 inches.
Lisa is a noted book artist who also creates art with sewing and alterations, as well as with button work and assemblage. She also is known for acting as a mentor and coach to people in the arts. Since 2010 she has worked one-on-one with dozens of artists both locally and through Zoom. Her program is an outgrowth of many years of experience mentoring graduate students in colleges and universities. Her artists’ books can be found in a number of public collections. ARTB/100324. Fine.
Item #37522
Price: $975.00