[...] As well as literature being a source for content, the book as an object has proved a rich vein for artists to pursue. In Marie Louise Martin’s recent piece Book of Days – September (see below), we see a series of seven prints, developed from diaries and sketchbooks, threaded together, referencing a book’s narrative and journey. We also receive a sense of Martin’s artistic journey with the, much earlier, double portrait etching Maud & Lottie, highlighting her interest in early Florentine Renaissance art[...] –Brian Fay; Head of Fine Art, DIT

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