Issued in two-piece acrylic box with title; imprint from colophon. "Impressum: Idee und Gestaltung / Veronika Schäpers. Gedicht 'Weisse Verben' / Durs Grünbein. synästhetische Umsetzung / Eva-Maria Bolz. Texte 'Der Künstler' und 'Die zeitgenössische Kunst' / Kazimir Malewič aus: Kazimir Malewič / Gott ist nicht gestürzt! übersetzt von Thomas Kleinbub und Aage A Hansen-Löve, Carl Hanser Verlag, 2004. Wasserzeichen / Gangolf Ulbricht."--Colophon. "Watermark moulded in manila hemp, Inkjet printed on kozo-paper, negative screen print on EnDuro Ice-translucent paper, Letterpress on abaca-paper ... Edition: 40 copies with Arabic numbering and 6 copies with Roman numbering."--Artist's website. "Concept, design, printing and binding: Veronika Schäpers. Poem, "Weiße Verben" (White Verbs): Durs Grünbein, moulded as a watermark in manila hemp paper by Gangolf Ulbricht. Synesthetic realization of the poem: Eva-Maria Bolz, using her own color code. Inkjet printed on Inbe Thick from Awagami. Excerpts from the manifestos of Kazimir Malevich, from : Kazimir Malevich / Gott ist nicht gestürzt! [God is Not Cast Down!] translated by Thomas Kleinbub and Aage A. Hansen-Löve, Carl Hanser Verlag, 2004. Negative screen print on EnDuro Ice. Letterpressed cover on EnDuro Ice and hand-moulded abaca paper with Strichtarn pattern. 2-piece acrylic box with title. 16 x 40.5 cm. Edition: 40 copies with Arabic numbering and 6 copies with Roman numbering. Karlsruhe, December 2017." --Accompanying sheet with artist's book. IaU Special Collections has copy number 39/40, signed by the author, book artist, and illustrator. IaU Special Collections copy issued with [3] pages of descriptive text about artist book and with poem/translation; issued with note (printed on transparent paper) from book artist, describing Booklyn as bookseller. IaU
Summary:
"Durs Grünbein's poem "Weisse Verben" is a response to his first encounter with Kazimir Malevich's painting "Suprematist Composition: White on White" in the New York Museum of Modern Art. Expecting to experience a revelation upon seeing the icon of modern painting, he instead describes his first reaction as a smile, which is quickly replaced by a sense of disappointment. The poem is executed as a watermark and looks ghostly on the white mould-made paper. The white page is contrasted with a colored graphic element, which presents the poem using a graphemic color code developed by the synesthete Eva-Maria Bolz. Each line of color stands for one letter in the text. Each of these two sheets is covered by 10 pages, which are printed with excerpts from Malevich's manifestos "The Artist" and "Contemporary Art." The manifesto is screen printed as a negative white text on transparent paper; like the watermark, it is most easily read by holding it up to the light or placing a dark page underneath it. The text layout is based on Strichtarn, a camouflage pattern used in the first half of the 20th century."-- Artist's website. http://www.veronikaschaepers.net/en/books_weisse_verben/
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1050872394
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.