Research Catalog

Title

[Clear book]

Author

Walsh, Dan, 1960-

Publication

• [New York] : [Dan Walsh], [2010].
• [New York] : [Paula Cooper Gallery]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Paula Cooper Gallery, distributor.

Description

1 artist's book (44 unnumbered pages) : vinyl, plastic twine; 28 x 30 cm

Summary

• A book object comprised of 10 bifolia of clear vinyl sheeting in two-leaf gatherings, wrapped in an additional bifolium of the same material. A border consisting of 35 small circles is punched along the top, bottom and fore-edge of each leaf. Eleven additional small circles punched along spine serve to anchor knotted loops of plastic twine, binding the whole into a volume.
• "These 22 sheets of clear vinyl produce a unique sensation: the book is both see-through and reflective. Air bubbles between pages make random, opaque patterns that adjust with each reading. As you peel page from page, the resilience and thickness of each page is both an aesthetic choice and functional necessity. The edition number is specified at the top of the front page, rendered in small circles that pierce the entire edition. These small dots also describe a frame on each page, which proves exceedingly useful when the reader attempts the difficult process of closing the book and letting the pages rest without wrinkles. This book is the ultimate contradiction: despite [its] simplicity, the experience of reading it ultimately ends in opposition. Closing the book is the most physically demanding portion of the experience, and is a unique challenge not usually found in traditional books"--Bookseller's website (Printed Matter, Inc.), viewed June 7, 2016.

Alternative Title

• 35
• Thirty-five

Subjects

• Walsh, Dan, 1960-
• Holes in art
• Transparency in art
• Book objects
• Cut-out craft > Specimens
• Artists' books > United States > 21st century
• Vinyl

Genre/Form

• Artists' books – United States – 21st century.
• Book objects.
• Vinyl.

Note

• Edition of 40 copies. Edition number is punched as a series of small circles in center top of every leaf
• No textual content except edition number. Artist's name, title "Clear book" and other information from distributor, Paula Cooper Gallery.
• Spencer Coll. copy is no. 35, with edition number "35" punched into every leaf.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2009 16-20

OCLC

952182856

Author

Walsh, Dan, 1960- book artist.

Title

[Clear book]

Publisher

[New York] : [Dan Walsh], [2010].

Distributor

[New York] : [Paula Cooper Gallery]

Type of Content

still image

three-dimensional form

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Paula Cooper Gallery, distributor.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2009 16-20