Books - Narratives of time and emotion.

[...] 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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Seven Days in August
Seven Days in A...

136cm x 60cm

concertina-fold book of prints

Book of Days - September
Book of Days - ...

136cm x 60cm

concertina-fold book of prints

 

 

A Year's Passing
A Year's Passin...

110cm x 40cm

concertina-fold book of prints

Front Cover
Front Cover

40cm x 60cm

A book closed showing the hand made cover

Back Cover
Back Cover

40cm x 60cm

A book closed showing the hand made cover

 

 

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