Copy 1 Special Collections has copy no. 11/20, signed by the author and artist on Colophon. IaU In an edition of 20, signed and numbered by the authors ; there also exists a portfolio edition of 5 copies. "This book is a result of a journey. It began at the University of Iowa, where we initiated a search for Ana Mendieta, each from our own perspective and individual lives..."--Acknowledgements. "The standard edition is a hand-sewn, long stiich, soft cover book bound is St. Armand paper with Cave paper for the spine support. The end sheets are Nara Natural Dyes herb Green paper. The book is housed in a slipcase covered in Iris book cloth."--Colophon. "This hand-sewn, long-stitch, soft-cover artist's book is bound in St. Armand paper with Cave paper for the spine support. The end sheets are Nara Natural Dyed Green paper. Each image title was handset in Garamond type. The essay was set in Bembo digital type and letterpress printed from polymer plates onto text-weight paper. The copperplate photogravures were printed on Gampi and chine collé onto Somerset paper. The book is housed in a slipcase covered in Iris book cloth." --Artist's website : http://auroradearmendi.com/portfolio/mythologies-en/ The first 27 pages is the essay by Adriana Méndez Rodenas; the remaining pages are copperplate photogravures and the colophon. The copperplate photogravures have their titles printed on facing pages in gray ink; protective sheets are interleaved. Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-27).
Summary:
"Mythologies of Return: Revisiting Ana Mendieta's Rupestrian Sculptures is a limited edition artist's book honoring Ana Mendieta's Rupestrian Sculptures and her original proposal of making an artist's book of this series. With the project concept, copperplate photogravure images, printing and binding by Aurora De Armendi and an interdisciplinary scholarly essay entitled Mythologies of Return: The Taíno Route in Ana Mendieta's Rupestrian Sculptures by Adriana Méndez Rodenas, the authors have joined their distinctive areas of expertise in reinterpreting Mendieta's series as it appears thirty years later." -- Artist's website : http://auroradearmendi.com/portfolio/mythologies-en/
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1111626903
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.