Research Catalog

Title

Anonymous Stellar Ravines.

Author

Alexander, Will

Publication

• New York City : Granary Books, 2024.
• Los Angeles, California : E&T Graphics : AArdvark Letterpress..

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Details

Additional Authors

• Baker, Byron
• Matthews, Charlene
• Granary Books (Firm), publisher.
• E&T Graphics (Los Angeles, Calif.), printer.
• Aardvark Letterpress (Los Angeles, Calif.), printer.

Description

77 unnumbered loose leaves (some folded) : illustrations; 31 cm

Summary

• "Anonymous Stellar Ravines comprises 75 "telepathic eruptions"--Will Alexander's poetic responses to Byron Baker's ink drawings. The original collaboration included 327 "visual scripts" by Baker, to which Alexander contributed improvisational responses. This is Alexander's first artist's book, though he collaborated with artist Baker in a prior work, The Codex Mirror (2014), which Cornel West described as "powerful and poignant," bringing "together two great artists who take us on a journey so badly needed in our dark times." Alexander's recent book, Refractive Africa, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2022. The pages were printed in Los Angeles by E&T Graphics, including tipped-on digital prints of Baker's drawings. The title and colophon pages were printed by Aardvark Letterpress. Cloth-covered clamshell boxes were fabricated by Charlene Matthews, and assistance to the project was provided by Armand Kossayan. Published by Granary Books in New York City. This is from an edition of 25 copies, plus 2 copies hors commerce, numbered and signed."--Publisher's website (accessed 20 February 2024.
• "Byron Baker, painter and ecstatic visual practitioner, lives and works in Los Angeles, where he telepathically collaborates with poet Will Alexander since 2015, beginning with the book, "The Codex Mirror" (Anon Editions), and group exhibition "Optic Occultation: Visible Invisibility." Alexander and Byron paint many large scale oils on canvas, culminating in their 2022 exhibition, "Telepathic Evanescence," at the Mike Kelley Gallery, Venice, California. Prior exhibitions include the Los Angeles group exhibitions, "Remove Your Hat" and "Two-Headed Collage," (Madusa Gallery), both in 1984, and "Harvest Of Evil" (Ti Rojo Gallery) in Columbus, Ohio, 1983. A solo exhibition of Byron Baker's works on paper, "Searings," opened at the Oeno Vino Gallery of Los Angeles in 2014. Baker's work has also been featured in the anthology, Invisible Heads: Surrealists in North America (Anon Editions, 2011); poet Jhim Pattison's posthumous collection, In The Arms Of The Honey Eaters (Anon Editions, 2013) and many other works. He has also contributed to various periodicals: Spectra, La Vertebre et le Rossignol 5, Brumes Blondes, A Phala, The Michigan Quarterly Review, and Aerial Archipelago."--Publisher's website (accessed 20 February 2024.

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Artists' books > California > Los Angeles > Specimens
• American poetry > 21st century
• American poetry
• Artists' books
• California > Los Angeles

Genre/Form

Specimens.

Note

• Colophon: Printed in Los Angeles by E&T Graphics. Title and colophon pages printed by Aardvark Letterpress. Boxes fabricated by Charlene Matthews. Assistance provided by Armand Kossayan. Published by Granary Books in New York City in 2024. This is from an edition of 25 copies, plus 2 copies hors commerce, numbered and signed. This is copy no. [number]. Will Alexander, Poet [signature]; Byron Baker, Visual Practitioner [signature].

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2024 24-326

OCLC

1422599228

Author

Alexander, Will, author.

Title

Anonymous Stellar Ravines.

Publisher

New York City : Granary Books, 2024.

Manufacturer

Los Angeles, California : E&T Graphics : AArdvark Letterpress..

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Biography

"Never for poet Will Alexander has creation been a tedious or nerve wracking praxis. Overbrimming with imaginal inheritance he has spawned over 40 books with 39 of them having currently been published. He has authored at least a dozen poetry collections, having the rest of his oeuvre that combines novels, aphorisms, tales, plays, essays, stray philosophical texts, and as an increasingly published blurbist when called upon by fellow authors. In addition to his published production he is a visual artist, as well as an improvisatory pianist. As of 2024, he is poet-in-residence at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Foundation in Venice, California. He currently resides in Los Angeles."--Publisher's website (accessed 20 February 2024.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 13, signed and numbered in black ink by the poet and artist.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

United States California Los Angeles.

United States New York

Added Author

Baker, Byron, artist.

Matthews, Charlene, binder.

Granary Books (Firm), publisher.

E&T Graphics (Los Angeles, Calif.), printer.

Aardvark Letterpress (Los Angeles, Calif.), printer.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2024 24-326