Scavi / a book by Theo Strasser
- Bib ID:
- 7090002
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Strasser, Theo, artist
- Description:
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- [Melbourne] : Anajah Press, 2016
- 32 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 23 x 52 cm
- Summary:
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An artist's book by Theo Strasser, compiled from altered and montaged photographs which have been digitally reproduced, and acrylic and gouache paintings on heavy and light paper stock. The title, Scavi (meaning excavation in Italian), refers to uncovering the distant past to enable a vision of the future. It is made from experiences in Italy with photographs taken at sites in vaulted tombs, and of uncovered earthen walls and ancient Roman sculptures. The book digs into other layers both personal and physical. It is a book that is aware of itself in its construction, being bound with black thread in a stitched pamphlet-style booklet with heavy felt covers that suggest the colour of pumice, with the title on a tipped-on paper label, with the text in Roman square capitals, like those used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column, against a photographic background image of hand-scratched graffiti. The painting content is inspired by Pompeii.-Based on text by the artist.
- Notes:
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- Cover title.
- Limited edition of 10 signed and numbered copies.
- National Library's SR copy is no. 3/10.
- Theo Strasser also issued an artist's book/zine with the same title in 2016. It is a more concise smaller-sized portrait-format digitally-printed version of this larger artist's book.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Anajah Press, issuing body
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2084 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2014
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1984
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