exhibits and represents artists working across a variety of disciplines with particular focus on contemporary book arts, works on paper, collage and assemblage. |
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Meryl DePasqualeMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
When Her Robe is Unfurled, She Will Show You the Worldpaper,ink, book board 8 x 12 x 1 edition size: 14 © 2014 $250“When Her Robe is Unfurled, She Will Show You the World” is a letterpress artist book about tattooed ladies. It contains a long poem by Meryl DePasquale that considers appetite and the performance of appetite, concealment and exposure, female desire and the male gaze. The text is accompanied by Shawn Hebrank’s illustrations of circus animals with female body parts. The book has an accordion binding and measures 16 feet when unfolded. Each copy contains a hand-drawn ribbon through its full length Meryl DePasquale is a poet and letterpress printer, currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She teaches writing and literature at St Catherine University and is a member of the artist cooperative at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. In collaboration with Shawn Hebrank, she makes broadsides, mail art, and artist books under the name Four-Letter Press. |