Farrer, Julia. Rudolf, Anthony. Mandorla. London Ki Press 2006
Artist's book, one of five lettered copies with an original drawing, all on Moulin du Gue paper, each signed by the artist, from a total issue of 28 (20 regular copies, 5 special copies, 2 artists proof). Page size: 15- 5/8 x 11-7/8 inches; 36pp. Bound: loose in original publisher's wrappers, and vellum and paper chemise, housed in blue cloth clamshell box with title stamped in blind on front panel, all by Charles Gledhill, new. This copy is further enhanced with an original drawing by Julia Farrer. Anthony Rudolf, autobiographer, poet, literary critic, editor and translator, first published his poem, MANDORLA in 1999 although it was written in 1993 in response to a book of sketches by Julia Farrer. Mandorla - almond in Italian - is the shape formed by the overlapping of two circles and is known as a liminal (threshold) shape. The images in the book are formed by the overlapping of geometric forms and are printed over the center of the page thus linking poem to the next page and represent the threshold between literary and visual ideas. The text is printed letterpress by Phil Abel. Julia Farrer, born in London in 1950, attended The Slade School from 1968-1972 and was a Harkness Fellow at the University of New Mexico and New York from 1974-1976. Her work is held in many important collections, including the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Ashmoleon Museum of Oxford University, the Yale Center for British Art, the Tate Gallery, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her recent work explores transformations of geometric compositions from two into three dimensions, across the different media of painting, monoprinting, unique and small run artist’s books.
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