Exhibitions

Star Black: The Collaged Accordion

Star Black is a poet and photographer who has created a series of large-scale accordion books that merge found texts, found photographs and ephemera (maps, hand-written letters, ledgers, etc.) to create surreal imagery. The exhibition is accompanied by individual collages and her own writings. Black says: “In many ways my collages are similar to poems but translated from visuals, taking symbols, textures and “found” words from else where and composing them within a page.”

Exhibition Checklist:

Star Black

A Room of My Own (2009) Hand-made accordion book consisting of 8 original collages with a 9th on the cover and one hand-written original poem entitled “Twilit” and “Posey”

Fleur Couple (2009) Collage

Gala-bound (2004) Collage

Greensward (2009) Hand-made accordion book consisting of 8 original collages with a 9th on the cover and one hand-written original poem entitled “Rendezvous”

Lancet Window (2009) Collage

Memorandum/Furs (2009) Collage

Schirmer’s Abstracted (2006) Hand-made accordion book consisting of 7 original collages with a 8th on the cover and line drawings in the form of stanzas

Shell Woman (2008) Collage

The Blue Door (2007) Collage

Unbidden Fire (2009) Hand-made accordion book consisting of 8 original collages with a 9th on the cover and one hand-written original poem entitled “The Dream of Tap Water”

Untitled (2004) Collage

Support for the Center for Book Arts’ visual arts programming is provided, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Star Black: The Collaged Accordion

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