Title: A Partial History (Book 1)
Year: 2018
Medium: Archival inkjet print on luster paper
Dimensions: 9.6 x 7 inches (dimensions of unframed photograph)
Description: This is a photograph of one of the books from my grandmother’s book collection. The photographs of the books are printed in actual size.
Title: A Partial History (Book 1)
Year: 2018
Medium: Archival inkjet print on luster paper
Dimensions: 9.6 x 12.6 inches (dimensions of unframed photograph)
Description: This is the title page of the same book as in image 1. The photograph of the title spread is printed in actual size.
Title: A Partial History (Book 1) (single spread)
Year: 2018
Medium: Artist’s book of inkjet prints on matte paper
Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.5 inches (closed book)
Description: This book recreates the book shown in images 1–2. It contains marks of use and time found on the pages of the original book. The spread shown here corresponds to the title page shown in image 2.
Title: A Partial History (Book 1) (single spread)
Year: 2018
Medium: Artist’s book of inkjet prints on matte paper
Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.5 inches (closed book)
Description: This is another spread from the same book as in image 3.
Title: A Partial History (Book III) (installation view)
Year: 2021
Medium: Archival inkjet prints on luster paper (framed), Artist’s book of inkjet prints on smooth matte 100gsm paper, wooden shelf
Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.6 inches (dimensions of framed photograph), 10.6 x 13 inches (dimensions of framed photograph), 6.6 x 4.7 x 1 inches (dimensions of closed book)
Description: Shown as part of the group exhibition Cladogram at Katonah Museum of Art, NY, USA.
Title: A Partial History (Book III) (single spread)
Year: 2021
Medium: Artist’s book of inkjet prints on smooth matte 100gsm paper, wooden shelf
Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.7 x 1 inches (dimensions of closed book)
Description: This book contains marks of use and time found on the pages of the original book shown in the photographs in image 5. The only thing I retain from the text of the original book are the page numbers.
Title: A Partial History III (installation view)
Year: 2022
Medium: Archival inkjet prints on luster paper (framed), graphite on 300gsm rough press watercolor paper, red oak
Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.6 inches (dimensions of framed photograph), 10.6 x 13 inches (dimensions of framed photograph), 5 feet 6 inches x 3 feet 11 inches (dimensions of drawing)
Description: Shown as part of the two-person exhibition Volumes at Lane Meyer Projects, Denver, CO, USA. For this exhibition, I showed photographs of two books and the large drawings corresponding to those books. Because of the specificities of this space, the drawings had to be shown attached on the wall. I have included a sketch that shows how the drawings may be installed in space (image 10).
Title: A Partial History III (installation view)
Year: 2022
Medium: Graphite on 300gsm rough press watercolor paper, red oak
Dimensions: 5 feet 6 inches x 3 feet 11 inches (dimensions of drawing)
Description: I drew all the marks from the odd pages of the artist’s book shown in image 6 on one side of the paper and all the marks from the even pages on the other side. To do this, I projected images of the book pages on the paper—one page at a time and at a 10x magnification—and drew around all the projected marks. Because of the magnification, the drawn marks on the paper delineate the outlines of the marks on the book pages.
Title: A Partial History III (detail)
Year: 2022
Medium: Graphite on 300gsm rough press watercolor paper
Dimensions: 5 feet 6 inches x 3 feet 11 inches (dimensions of drawing)
Title: Composite sketch showing potential installation in NARS project space
Year: 2022
Medium: --
Dimensions: --
Description: The top left sketch shows the view when looking into the space, towards the window and brick wall. The bottom left sketch shows the view when looking from the window towards the elevator. The installation includes framed photographs of the covers and title pages of my grandmother’s schoolbooks on the walls (like those in images 1, 2, 5, 7), artist’s books recreating the schoolbooks (like those in images 3, 4, 5, 6), and large drawings, each a compressed and magnified version of an artist’s book (see the drawing in images 7, 8, 9). In these sketches, the artist’s books are shown on a shelf on the right wall (bottom left sketch). The audience will be able to take and “read” the recreated books. The large drawings spread around the space and some are shown within wooden support structures. The structures act like “spines” supporting the paper (and creating a connection with the books’ spines). The images on the right show maquettes of the drawings and support structures. I am happy to work with the curatorial team to rethink and further develop the installation.