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Crisis Response: An Exhibition Of Art Created In Times Of Conflict And Catastrophe From The Assassination Of Jfk To 9/11, Karl Schoonover

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Exhibtion Notes, Fall 2002. A group of works in this exhibition emphasizes the differing investments of individuals and groups in the icons of patriotism. Some artists borrow and transform recognizable icons and symbols to invite a dialogue with their viewers about the role of patriotism in troubled times.

Risd Views | Fall 2002, 125 Years Of Looking…, Elizabeth O'Neil Publishing Director, Liisa Silander Editor, Fleet Library, Risd Archives

RISD Views

This issue complements other initiatives planned and/or sponsored by RISD’s 125th Anniversary Committee, including a historic timeline outlining the evolution of the college and special events planned throughout the year.

The photograph on the cover of the Fall 2002 issue is the Carr House turret, shot by David O’Connor. Guest designers for the feature section of this issue are Marion Delhees ’92 GD and Achim Wieland MFA ’95 GD of lookinglately, New York/Zürich, a visual communication and design office founded in 1998.

Art Context: In Providence: Wendy Ewald, David Henry

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Exhibition Notes, Number 19, Summer 2002. Beginning in late February and continuing throughout the remainder of the semester, Wendy Ewald visited Michelle Silvia’s classroom of special–education students at the Carl G. Lauro Memorial Elementary School in Providence. The photographs and videos of the children learning to read and the patterns used in classroom lessons are the result of a three-way collaboration— teacher, students, and artist. The following questions were posed to Wendy Ewald and Michelle Silvia by David Henry, Head of Education at The RISD Museum.

The Written Word, Susan Ward, Margot Mcilwain Nishimura

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Exhibition Notes, Number 20, Fall 2002. The Written Word brings together pages from medieval manuscripts and early printed works, giving a sample of the various types of books created between 1100 and 1550. Individual pages were a popular way, especially in the earlier part of the 20th century, for museums and libraries to acquire representative collections, and many of The RISD Museum’s manuscript leaves were acquired as such a group in 1943.

The Object Of Ornament: European Design, 1480-1800, Judith A. Singsen

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Exhibition Notes, Number 18, Spring 2002. This exhibition arose from a collaboration between participants in a Brown University art-history seminar of Fall 2001 and curators from three departments at The RISD Museum: Costume and Textiles; Decorative Arts; and Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. Studying each department's resources in the area of European ornament, the group examined how the work of artisans in materials such as wood, metal, fiber, and ceramics responded to and participated in the inventions of designers who drew patterns for prints. In the exhibition, related ornamented objects are clustered according to the themes of entertaining, study, dress, and …

Art Context: 15 Minutes: The Ballad Of Then And Now, Paintings By David Wayne Mcgee, David Henry, David Wayne Mcgee

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Exhibition Notes, Number 16, Winter 2001. During the fall of 2001, McGee moved to Providence from his home in Houston, Texas, to be the Art ConText artist in residence. Given the challenge of introducing people at the Olneyville Branch of the Providence Public Library to The RISD Museum, McGee did what he does best: he painted. The following interview with David Henry, Head of Education at The RISD Museum, was conducted a month before the paintings were to be hung.

Urban Noise : Inner Voice, Shelly Hays, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

A Book About Sushi, Christopher Visit, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Food

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Five Poems, Toni Morrison, Peter Rutledge Koch, Kara Walker, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Printmaking

[26] pages : illus. " ... published in a signed edition of 399 numbered and 26 lettered copies. The book was designed by Peter Rutledge Koch, and printed letterpress from digital imaging and photo-polymer plates at Peter Koch, Printers in Berkeley, California ... cover papers are Fabriano Ingres. Binding and housing by Jace Graf at Cloverleaf Studio in Austin, Texas.""--Colophon. CONTENTS: Eve remembering -- The perfect ease of grain -- Someone leans near -- It comes unadorned -- I am not seaworthy. In slipcase, paper sides with linen fabric top and bottom, mounted paper title label. Cover is decorated paper …

Portfolio, 2002, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

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Sunrise 1, Jill Timm, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion variation with three cascading panels, housed in silk covered slipcase; box cover; cover; interior spreads. Tinted sky and mountains, printed on three unfolding panels reveal a peaceful sunrise landscape.

Florida Family Portrait, Judy Gelles, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Sewn signatures with soft cover; cover; interior spread; interior page details. Black and white photographs of family taken with grandparents in Florida, 1982-2002, with notes highlighting each year.

In A Foreign City I Remember Everything I Forgot, Hadassa Goldvicht, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class Printed Books.

Plant Deconstructions, Louise Kohrman, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Amputations: The Civil War Wounded, Kimberly Walker, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

The Evolution Of Money, Jessica Rosenkranz, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Stories

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

The Veil, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 5 pages. In box (33 x 22 cm) Title from box. "'The Veil' was written and designed by Julie Chen in the fall of 2002. It was letterpress printed using a combination of photopolymer plates and collagraphic blocks on Wyndstone Marble papers, and cut using a Universal Systems Lasercutter. The binding was done by Julie Chen and Anna Sacramento at the studios of Flying Fish Press.."--Box lining paper. Produced in an edition of 100 copies, signed & numbered by the artist. "This book can be displayed as a standing sculpture by curving the concertina into a circle, with …

Power Pop, Ug, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 10 unnumbered pages. Cover title. Publisher name, copyright date, and edition number from page [4] of cover. Edition of 100. First and last pages are pastedowns. Five double-pages pop-ups, silkscreen-printed in pixilated style of the 8-bit video and arcade games of the 1980s. Illustrations depict cityscapes and robots.

Mutually Exclusive, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

5 magic wallets (Jacob's ladder module), enclosed in an Asian-style cloth covered portfolio with bone clasps; portfolio cover; magic wallets open and closed. Each booklet features conflicting text from media reports following the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. Opinions and beliefs, formed from the same information, are often opposing.

Public / Private Peace: Selections From The Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with plastic translucent cover and cloth covered spine; interior pages. Catalog featuring several installations of work based on photographs in the Swarthmore Peace Collection.

Saturday Afternoons, Susan Angebranndt, Harold Williams, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion with pop-ups; cover wrap; book cover; page spreads. Edition of 25 copies. Cover title. In slipcase with mounted color illustration. "Photos: Susan Angebranndt, Harold Williams ; Illustration, story & construction: Susan Angebranndt ; Ink jet printed"--Colophon. Accordion fold book with pop-up illustrations. Library has copy 7.

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All On The Same Page, Abxchange, Sara Durkacs, Ann E. Gregory, Ed Hutchins, Roberta Lavadour, Sibyl Rubottom, Robyn Sassen, Alice Simpson, Shu-Ju Wang, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

8 folded & cut sheets : ill. (some color) + 7 folded sheets in pocket. Title from container. "Part of the 'Once in a while' series of artists' book portfolios created by the gang at Abxchange"--portfolio box. Fall 2002. Limited edition of 35 copies. "Eight artists approach the book form within the limits of one standard sheet of 8 1/2 by 11" paper, printed just on the front, or front and back and folded, cut, glued, sewn and/or fastened into a small work of art." Includes 7 pages of templates which outline the construction of seven of the 8 books. …

Fertile Birch, Judy Hoffman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 object. Title and production information from artist's statement sheet. "This one-of-a-kind artists' book is made of beaten, pigmented abaca fiber twisted and molded into lattice-shaped pages. It is one of a series of "Wild Books" in which the artist explores the idea of manmade objects taking on the aspects of a natural form."--Artist's statement.

Look Back, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, map, portraits. Cover title. Collaborative response in an artists' book format to the letters of Anna Matilda Page King to her family (written between 1817 - 1859) from "Retreat", her St. Simons Island, Georgia plantation. Includes bibliographical references. Stapled. Gift of Jan Baker.

Warped Words, Bonnie Stahlecker, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[1] folded sheet ([6] leaves) : color ill.. Title from cover. "Bonnie Stahlecker started this book in 1998 while she was visiting artist at Arizona State University. Using Bembo Roman and Lydian Bold Italic from their great type collection, she printed ten copies on Somerset book cover, with intaglio and paste paint providing additional layers. After four years on the shelf, it was finally finished in 2002 at the artist's Indiana studio (no lie)."--Colophon. Numbered, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Six page accordion fold with three reversed pop-ups. Pop-up structure prevents fully extending sheet. Folded sheet mounted …

Black Ice And Rain: Psalms 6.6, Barbara Tetenbaum, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch with hard cover and silk covered boards; cover; title page; interior pages; colophon. Michael Donaghy recounts a true story of love and loss, illustrated by Tetenbaum's use of very tactile dyed and collaged handmade paper.

All The Aldas, Daniel Kane, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch, some fold-out pages; cover; cover page; interior spreads and pages. Poems revealing the author's obsession with actor Alan Alda.

Where Do We Start?, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

maze book accordion variation with fold-out flaps, enclosed in a cloth covered portfolio with sleeves for CD's and housed in a cloth covered slipcase with foil stamped title; cover; title page; interior spreads . With drawings, photos and anecdotes, 2 men describe how they obtained an education despite the pitfalls of the educational institutions of their youth. Full stories are recorded on acompanying CD's.

Big Man On The Dot, Ken Leslie, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations. Doughnut-shaped leaf folded to a fan shape (24 cm, folded to 7 cm), text and illustrations on both sides ; issued in a paper slipcase. Text titled "Big man" appears on one side and "Our Dot" on the verso. Cover title. Contemplates our place in the physical and metaphysical universe. Opens to reveal verso size comparison of "Our Dot" Earth, the Sun, Saturn, and Jupiter. "Brad Freeman, Director, Nexus Press"--back of slipcase. Conical accordion fold in printed paper slipcase. Gift of Jan Baker.

Untitled, Laylah Ali, Modern Museum Of Art (Moma), Nicole Parente, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[30] pages : all color ill. . No title page or cover title. All publication information from colophon. Digital production: Nicole Parente. Artists' book featuring Laylah Ali's "greenheads"