Project Statement

by B. Katz

Yarn raises the question of whether the decisions we make are really our own—as a woman sits knitting and knitting. All of my artist’s books are conceived as linear visual narratives. The original linoleum cuts are issued in offset-printed editions. Most are in black and white and are wordless. The covers are in color. This form interested me because it seemed to offer the possibility of conveying meaning in a different way than through the use words and written language alone which, although essential, can be restrictive in its specificity. A wordless book, narrative-driven, with visual clues alone, left room for the free play of imagination, memory, intuition, emotion and esthetic perception on the part of the reader. It engaged the reader on an altogether different level that I hoped would be illuminating and rich. The stories are metaphoric, aphoristic and spare. The themes are diverse. The books are small—the largest being seven by nine inches and forty pages. Black and white relief-printed imagery had to bear the burden of proof for this kind of condensed visual storytelling.

Yarn

Babette Katz

title note: [T. Shaw]

Agents

Babette Katz

type: initiating

role:
artist

dates:
publication: 1992-00-00

note: [T. Shaw]

Visual Studies Workshop Press

type: initiating

role:
publisher

location: Rochester, New York

Publication Information

publisher: Visual Studies Workshop Press

dates:
publication: 1992-00-00

publication history: One edition of 1000 offset printed books from linoleum cuts by the artist. [T. Shaw]

Aesthetic Profile

movement:
other

subject:
artists' books (LCSH)

themes: Knitting and influence [T. Shaw]

content form:
Pperformance document (local)

publication tradition:
artists' book (local)
visual narrative (local)
Wood and linoleum cut sequences

related works: The woodcut narratives of Lynd Ward [T. Shaw]

community: workshop Visual Studies Workshop [T. Shaw]

Exhibition Information

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General Comments

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