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EXPERIMENTS IN NAVIGATION
The Art of Charles Hobson
Catalogue published by Stanford University in conjunction with the joint exhibitions at Green Library and the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts. Nine of Charles Hobson's artist's books are the focus of the book, which also includes a checklist of Hobson's book works to date and a chronology of his development as an artist. Hobson's narrative texts describe how he conceived, researched and developed the ideas, artwork and physical structure for each of the featured books. The text is generously illustrated with images from the archive, production photographs and photographs of the finished work.
Text by Charles Hobson. Preface by May Castleberry. Foreword by Roberto Trujillo. Stanford: Stanford University Libraries, 2008. 64 pages, four-color throughout, die-cut soft cover, sewn binding. Publication Price: $25
Available for purchase from Stanford University until September 1, 2008. Thereafter, available through this website.
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NELSON & EMMA
Aphrodite & Ares Contemplate Admiral Nelson and Lady Hamilton
This is a double love story Ð one mythological and one historical. ItÕs built on a coincidence. In Greek mythology, Aphrodite had a passionate affair with Ares, the Greek god of war, which resulted in scandal and embarrassment to them both. In 1798, Admiral Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton had a passionate affair that led to scandal and embarrassment to them both. At the heart of the design of Nelson & Emma is an intention to show alternative perspectives about the events that transpired and to give life to the odd coincidence that love and war are tied closely together in both the affairs of the gods and the affairs of mortals.
Concertina binding with sewn signatures, hand-painted pages with digital prints on transparent sheets, lenticular photo, pop-up, and board cover, in net embossed slipcase. NELSON & EMMA has been made as a limited edition of thirty-five copies during the fall and winter of 2007-2008. The text has been written by Charles Hobson, who also designed the edition.
41 pages. 10-1/2 x 11-1/2 x 1 inches.Ê
Publication Price: $2,750
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red thread, two women
Paula Sager & Lizbeth Hamlin
red thread, two women,Ê 2006, is a limited edition artists' book built around the collaborative poem by Paula Seager and Lizbeth Hamlin. Each book is constructed with two signatures sewn into an accordion structure incorporating hand-colored cotton and jute twine. The book isÊ bound in boards and housed in a fabric covered slip case made by John DeMerritt. Charles Hobson designed and assembled the book with the assistance of Alice Shaw.
The book measures 8 x 8.5 x 2.5 inches in its slipcase and extends, when fully opened, to six feet. 36 pages. Edition of 38 copies. Publication Price: $1,500
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THE MAPPIST
Barry Lopez
Barry Lopez's multi-layered short story has been made into a limited edition artist's book with images and design by Charles Hobson. Images of hands emulating gestures of a map maker at work have been reproduced as digital pigment prints on transparent film. Each book has been assembled using original USGS maps for the concertina binding and selected pages, and the cover has been wrapped with a reproduction of a 1911 map of Bogotá. Landscape images and the images pencils from Barry Lopez' writng desk have been created as monotypes with pastel and printed as digital pigment prints. The text has been printed letterpress by Les Ferriss on BFK Rives using a Garamond Narrow typeface. Edition of 48. 11 x 10 x 1.25 inches. Publication Price: $2,100
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