exhibits and represents artists working across a variety of disciplines with particular focus on contemporary book arts, works on paper, collage and assemblage. |
910 Santa Fe, #101, Denver, Colorado, USA at the north end of the 910 Arts Complex street entrance just south of Swift's Diner Open |
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Carolyn Leigh |
Neverwherecopper, brass, copper leaf, mica, inks, transfers 8 x 5 ¼ x 2 $ 1500© 2011 edition size: 1 Shaped boards are clad with distressed copper leaf and edged with brass nail detail. Window panels of copper and brass are covered in mica and framed with rivet detailing. Keyhole clasps are of stamped brass. All pages are treated with inks. Included are additional front and back pages with handwritten excerpts of the “mental diary” of the protagonist. Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman’s modern steampunk classic, reveals a disturbing alternate world of “London Below,” inhabited by shady characters, speaking rats, and mysterious supernatural beings, set against a backdrop of the mazes of London’s Underground. Madelyn Garrett is an artist, art historian, former rare book curator and book conservator. She is most interested in the historical book and her work often references the books and book forms of the past. Her books have been collected by numerous institutions, including the Maryland Institute College of Art; University of California Los Angeles Library; The Art Collection of the State of Utah; and the United States Library of Congress. |