Views from Venice
Organized by John Ross, Artist
This exhibition highlighted approximately fifty artists books from the collection of this Italian collection. The books featured in this exhibition were made in the print workshops of the Scuola mostly by Italian artists, such as Loretta Cappanera, Claudine, Giotto, Maria Lai, Stefania Missio, Bonizza Modolo, and Giuseppe Perezzan, as well as by international artists who held residencies at the Scuola’s, including artists from Germany; France, Belgium and the United States. The force behind this collection is Matilde Dolcetti, the Director of the Scuola, where her interest in artist’s books has a powerful influence on the artists who work in this well equipped printshop in Venice.
Exhibition Checklist:
Julia Anne Bork
The Teeths Line and Sinker
(2003) Etching, trace monotype, Japanese paper, housed in envelope of shellacked vellum, folded structure, with sewing
Lorna Bornand
A la place des yeux
(1997) Etching, chine colle, letterpress, Japanese Paper, Letterpress cardboard slipcase, stab binding, sewn with sewing machine
Eveline Boulva
Eclipse
(2001) Etching, laser print, Fabriano Rosaspina, vellum, stab binding
Roberta Bridda
Pensier Invisibili
(2001) Etching, letterpress, Tessuto-nontessuto (plastic fiber), stab binding
Carmelo Cacciato
Il Viaggio Metafisico
(1996) Relief printing, monotype, handmade paper with cardboard cover, pamphlet stitch
Jose Cano
Isola
(1999) Relief print, Fabriano Rosaspina, pamphlet stitch
Loretta Cappanera
Collezioni di Sabbia
(2002) Collage, letterpress, shellac, Japanese papers with black cardboard covers and slipcase, folded structure
In Linea
(2004) Relief print, collage, Japanese paper and newspaper, stab binding
Morena Coppola
Fragola e Pistacchio
(2001) Monotype, rubber stamps, Fabriano Rosaspina, bound with raffia string and housed in sewn tarlatan bag, long stich binding
Maurizio de Lotto
Il Gobbo e la Luna
Etching, aquatint, and letterpress, Fabriano Rosaspina with wood and vinyl, stab binding with rivets
Jeff Dell
Tirarsi
(1999) Woodcut, letterpress, Japanese paper and tarlatan, folded structure
Tra due acque
(1999) Woodcut, monotype, drypoint, mezzotint, Fabriano Rosaspina, covers made from felt, coptic binding
Matilde Dolcetti
Porta D’ Acqua
(1996) Letterpress, etching, Amatruda, Accordian binding
Zelsomino
(1994) Engraving, letterpress, Amalfi Amatruda house in Tarlatan wrapper, folded structure
Matilde Dolcetti & Florence Faval
Il Libro D’ Artisti ‘A Venezia (from the Acqua Alta Edizioni)
(1995) Etching, letterpress, screenprint, Fabriano Tiepolo, unbound folded structure
Viola Dominello
Cose Veneziane
(1997) Etching, chine colle, letterpress, embossing, Fabriano Rosaspina, Pamphlet stitch
Bertrand ` Dorny
To Be or Not Too Much
(1987) Etching, aquatint, letterpress, unknown paper house in bookcloth/ binders board slipcase, folded structure
Marie-Didace Doyon
Sentiers Battus
(2001) Lithography, Japanese paper scroll, stab binding
Florence Faval
Senza Titolo
(1996) Intaglio, collograph, Japanese paper, folded structure
Claudine Furlano
Jeu de Cartes
(1995) Etching, chine colle, screenprint, Grafia, set of cards, housed in a wooden box (with carving); hinged with string
Carrie Galbraith
Delle Sante
(2003) Laser print, vellum with wood and copper cover, coptic binding
Gianna Gerombra
Per La Finestra Nuova
(1996) Etching, letterpress, Fabriano Rosaspina with black cardboard slipcase with sewing, longstitch binding
Loris Giotto
Poesie
(2000) Relief print, collograph, Fabriano Rosaspina, Japanese paper, Vellum, pamphlet stitch
Maria Teresa Grisi
Libera Nos a Malo
(2000) Woodcut, laser print, Fabriano Rosaspina, Japanese papers with cardboard cover, sewn folded structure
Pierre Hornain, Florence Faval, and others
Psaume Nicht, Numero Zero
Letterpress, relief print, etching, Japanese papers with cardboard cover, folded binding
Trasloco
(2001) Mixed media, found book
Xuan Huynh
Campo Santa Maria Nova
(2001) Xerox transfer, Fabriano Rosaspina and paper slipcase, stab binding
Lou Joseph
Writings
(2002) Xerox transfer, ink, acrylic paint, Fabriano Rosaspina and paper slipcase, pamplet (chain) stitch
Georgia Keeling
Wannanag
(1999) Softground, etching, Fabriano Rosaspina, cover of raw cardboard with stamped colophan and trace monotype, folded structure
Andreas Kramer
Laura
(2004) Woodcut, letterpress with embossing, Fabriano Rosaspina with leather cover, hardcover bound
Verborgene Symmetrian
(1999) Woodcut, offset, Fabriano Rosaspina, pamphlet (chain) stitch
Maria Lai
Ca’ de Janas
(1996) Resin print, photo-etching, embossing, handmade paper with sewing throughout single sheets, attached with string embedded in paper
Margheritina
(1996) Softground etching, letterpress, Fabriano Rosaspina with cover relief print on Fabriano Murillo avario, folded structure
Lia Malfermoni
Corpetti
(2002) Relief print, watercolor, Grafia, folded structure
Alessandra Manzardo
Alce Nero
(1999) Laser prints, relief printing, vellum, cardboard and rope, stab binding
Stefania Missio
Gli Amanti di Pietra
(1999) Relief print, collage, rubber stamp, letterpress, Japanese papers with cardboard cover, stab binding with additional stab binding on individual pages
Kaori Miyayama
Ama Oto
(2003) Laser print, sewing, Fabriano Rosaspina, Japanese paper, housed in hardcover folder, folded structure with tip-ins
Bonizza Modolo
Dedicato a�
(2000) Woodcut, laser print, collage, Japanese paper, vellum, Fabriano Rosaspina, with cardboard cover and slipcase, stab binding
Rainer Mordmuller
Das Buch der Klange
(1993) Screenprint, etching, Arches paper and casrdboard slipcase, folded structures, not bound to cover
Greg Murr
Sense
(1998) Etching, letterpress, Fabriano Tiepolo with hardcover, pamphlet (chain) stitch
Mizue Naito
Io e Te
(2000) Etching, collage, Japanese paper, folded structure
Sul Cucchiao
(2001) Etching, collage, Fabriano Rosaspina housed in box of binder’s board and grey bookcloth, folded structure
Lucia Parrella
Prime Letture
(1997) Lithograph, relief printing, Fabriano Rosaspina, accordian folding
Guiseppe Perezzan
Abbiti mille baci
(2002) Cyanotype, cloth scroll, housed in box covered with paper and cyanotype
Percellana Della Sera
(2001) Digital images, Fabriano Rosaspina and cast ceramic object secured to front cover, pamphlet (chain) stitch with clamshell-like box cover with larlatan painted black
John Ross
Typopolis
(2002) Fabriano paper, resin casting of wood type
Tsuguma Susuki
Bye Bye Spacy Goldfish
(2002) Etching, Grafia and Binder’s board cover with handmade paper, pamphlet stitch
Cristina Treppo
Kafka di Notte
(1999) Soft ground etching, spitbite, laser print, Pescia and cardboard cover, spiral binding
Franco Vecchiet
Minimalia
(2002) Offset, relief print, embossing, folded structures, foam civer with cardboard box, collection of folded books with poems by Slovenian writers, prints by artist
Sarah White
Heirloom
(2001) Graphite transfer, Fabriano Rosaspina with pale green cover and slipcase, pamphlet stitch, includes enclosed letter
White
(2001) Letterpress, Xerox transfer, Grafia, cover of binder’s board, blue paper, and yellow bookcloth, pamphlet (chain) stitch
Irene Woodbury
Laguna Xpress—Gondola Ride Kit
(2001) Offset lithography, offset paper, folded structure
Amy N. Worthen
Sotoporteghi Veneziani
(1995) Engraving, mezzotint, roulette, letterpress, Magnani with ultrasuede binding, contained in black linen clamshell box
Bruna Zamana
Alfabeto Bianco
(2003) Cut paper, Moldigliani Bianchi, loose paper
Il Tempo
(2003)
Linea
(2004) Punched holes, cuts, Grafia, black cardboard, folded structure
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.