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A studio barn from Houses of Maine—the book is available here.
Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object, published in 1973 by Praeger Publishers Inc. From the PAPress Design Dept bookshelf.
Bryan Nash Gill
1961–2013
I was introduced to Bryan’s work a little over two years ago, and shortly after, my colleague Sara and I visited his studio in Connecticut. I was blown away by his stunning prints and space (he built his studio adjacent to his house, surrounded by carefully kept gardens and wild woods). Even more so, I was taken by his overwhelming enthusiasm and kindness. He grilled a chicken for us from a neighbor’s farm and made a big salad, and as we discussed art, books, and his work, it felt like we had known each other for years.
By the following May, we had produced a beautiful book together, Woodcut, and in the process had become great friends. I am particularly proud of this book. I loved working on it and I loved working with Bryan. I reach for it often when I’m in need of inspiration or perspective—or a friend. Bryan Nash Gill passed away on May 17th. We miss you, Bryan.
Only a few days left to catch the Lebbeus Woods exhibit at SFMoMA!
Above, spreads from Lebbeus Woods’s Pamphlet Architecture 15: War and Architecture (1993), Radical Reconstruction (1997), and The Storm and The Fall (2004).
Lebbeus Woods, Architect
exhibition through June 2nd
SFMOMA, tickets here
Data Diaries by Cory Arcangel, 2003
Arcangel tricked his computer into reading its memory as if it were a QuickTime movie. No complicated substitutions or interpretations were necessary, and no predetermined conversions were set up, such that a certain value from the memory file would cause a specific result. This was a direct translation, similar to reciting driving directions aloud like poetry.
From Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture by Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams, and Jeroen Barendse.
Thursday, May 23, 5:30 – 7:15 pm
Rizzoli Bookstore
31 West 57th Street, New York City
Just in time for summer, Francesca Cigola introduces us to the best sculpture parks across the United States. Join us for a book signing and celebration!
Francesca Cigola is an Italian architect and writer based in New York City.
Sampler by Kiki Smith. Poems by Emily Dickinson. Letterpress, thread-embroidered cover, leather binding. Hand-stamped in gold. 7.25 x 11.25 in. Edition of 400; Arion Press, San Francisco, California. 2007
From PAPress’s The Book as Art by Krystyna Wasserman, Johanna Drucker, and Audrey Niffenegger. Available in paperback here.
Love this one - Ruscha’s homage to J.G. Ballard - The Music From The Balconies…, 1984. Oil on canvas, 99 x 81 in. Quote is from the amazing novel High-Rise, published in 1975.
In 26 meticulous pen drawings on view at the Paris boutique Colette, the Irish artist Nigel Peake tells the story of a young boy who is afraid of the dark. Article from T magazine here.
Check out Nigel’s book In the Wilds, and his illustrations featured in Verlyn Klinkenborg’s More Scenes from the Rural Life.
1774 Series Fauteuil by Aranda\Lasch, 2007
The form of this aluminum chair was “found” within the repeating pattern of an enlarged model of a manganese oxide lattice. The shape of the chair is based on a Louis XV–style armchair.
From Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture by Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams, and Jeroen Barendse.
Before the age of computers and vinyl printers, sign painters worked by hand to illustrate storefronts, billboards and banners. Sign Painters, a new book and documentary by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, captures the work of artists around the country who are keeping the art alive.
We’re delighted to find that so many people are so passionate about sign painting! Feast your eyes on the book and find a screening of the film near you.
Trunk Road 1 by Adam Hayes. Scratched photograph. We could sure use some of this sun today in NYC.
From Hand Job: A Catalog of Type by Mike Perry. Published by PAPress.
This week we asked Warren Byrd, landscape architect and co-author of Nelson Byrd Woltz: Garden, Park, Community, Farm, to share Five Things that have lately been providing him with inspiration.
1. The elusive and ephemeral nature of Spring in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
For me this is particularly poignant around Thomas Jefferson’s birthday (April 13) with the appearance of twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla), which blooms a pure and momentary white before disappearing into the greening forested slopes. Likewise with morels (Morchella) which appear, after a rain, about a week later, and are gone just as quickly and mysteriously. I am also forever enamored with the way the shad blow through during this same brief time period.
2. Flora of Virginia, 2012
A massive ten-year undertaking by a crew of truly dedicated botanists and illustrators, with contributions from a wide range of professional and amateur naturalists. All the more remarkable in that is only the second such Flora (of Virginia)—the first since John Clayton’s effort in the 1700s. Oh, and I love that one of our many spring ephemerals—Spring Beauty—is named for him (Claytonia virginica). Behind every seemingly obscure latin name is a fascinating botanical/cultural story.
3. Wendell Berry, past, present, and future
I never tire of his writings, from the first one I discovered in 1971—Farming: A Handbook—a book of poems that includes one that I always find myself returning to: “A Standing Ground,” to, more recently, “A Timbered Choir,” and most recently his Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, “It All Turns on Affection,” delivered last year at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
4. The locavore and sustainable farming movement
Whether we are talking about Slow Food, Michael Pollen’s insights, Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, or just the incredible burst of energy in the number and quality of locally-sourced farmer’s markets and restaurants throughout the country, this is one of the most hopeful and life-affirming developments to take hold in the past few years. Check out Relay Foods and the Allegheny Mountain School for a few recent variations on this theme.
5. The Albrecht Durer exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in DC (March 24 – June 9, 2013)
I haven’t yet seen this show, but am so looking forward to it. Durer was probably the first serious artist I ever studied. His work was seminal, particularly in his choice to study and depict commonplace phenomena and elements. And it endures in its power and influence.
Spring by Audrey Niffenegger. Lithographs on handmade cotton and abaca paper, carbon and antique silver pigment, colored pencils, acrylic paint. 6 x 4.5 in. Edition of 100; Magravane’s Press, Evanston, Illinois. 1993.
From PAPress’s The Book as Art by Krystyna Wasserman, Johanna Drucker, and Audrey Niffenegger. Available in paperback here.
Daisy Bell by Jennifer Steinkamp, 2008
This massive undulating wall projection is composed of software models of poisonous flowers. Viewers are often overwhelmed by the detail and scale of repetition made possible through Steinkamp’s software.
From Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture by Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams, and Jeroen Barendse. Released in 2010 by PAPress.
