A BOOK IN QUESTION / Group Exhibition, The Art Exchange, London ON, 2006

A group exhibition of Book Arts

These three one-of a kind books in the Passion Series have found boxes for their covers.




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PASSION #1: JAMES JOYCE'S ULYSSES
Found box, embroidered linen, antler buttons (11"w x 6.25"h x .75"d), 2006

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I hand-embroidered the end of the last sentence from James Joyce's handwritten manuscript on Irish linen hankerchiefs with embroidered shamrocks which are in their original box.

[left] Source material for PASSION #1: JAMES JOYCE'S ULYSSES.
The Molly Bloom soliloquy from Joyce's manuscript.



PASSION #2: THE POPE'S HOLY WEEK
Found box, Chinese calendar (3.5"w x 8"h x .2"d), 2006

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The possibility of Pope Benedict XVI becoming the first pope to visit China was in the news. A "Pope" brand lightbulb box is the cover for a book with pages from a Chinese calendar. The thin tissue pages from April 9 to April 15, including Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday, mark Holy Week and include a traditional illustration of the crucified Christ - a departure from the whimsical cartoon characters that mark other special days in this calendar.



PASSION #3: VERDI'S OTELLO
Found box, snap fasteners (4.25"w x 6.5"h x 1"d), 2006

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Snap fasteners punctuate this section of Verdi's opera
based on Shakespeare's over-heated tragedy in which
Othello, driven to mad jealousy by Iago, murders Desdemona.

















A BOOK IN QUESTION

ARTISTS: Wesley Bates, Gerard Brender a Brandis, Rudolf Bikkers, Jen Cunningham, Brian Dirks, Kirtley Jarvis, Margaret Lock, Naoko Matsubara, Dan Mezza, Will Rueter, Cara Simpson