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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
exhibition history:
reception history:
Related Documents
manuscript type: other
location: artist's archive
General Comments
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