Work began while Price was living in Kyoto, in the spring of 2004.
Drawing, painting, and handwriting using graphite, sumi ink, gouache, acrylic medium, and walnut stain; collage with Japanese fabrics and pages from Japanese children's books; and a rubbing of kitayama sugi. Paper: Tosa Hanga. Accordion bound.
Not shown: chemise for housing the accordion
9.75 x 4.5 x .25 inches (closed); 35.25 inches open; 2004
Private collection, Boston, MA
A variable series of five by Robin Price, with drawing, painting, extensive collage, monoprint and letterpress printing. Each one suggests the simultaneity of macrocosm and microcosm experience, and honors our planet and the universe in which it exists. The printed text, placed toward the bottom of the second and fourth panels, is a couplet of verse by Elise Turcotte, as interpreted by Adrienne Rich:
Many years have gone by / until this moment.
The last two in the series (#4 and #5) have additional text passages added by hand, using collage.
Bound by bookbinder Mark Tomlinson.
Opens to 19.25" x 51.75"; three of the five were realized as accordions housed in a slipcase. The other two were assembled into framed works. 2015-2017
#5 can be seen at The Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections. The others are in private collections.
A transformation of pages from a 1970 Japanese children's book of fairly tales, with a new handwritten narrative by Price based on a randomly reordered page sequence.
Drawing, painting, calligraphy, paper cutting, and collage with Japanese fabrics. Colored pencil (used for taking a rubbing from tatami mat floor), graphite, sumi ink, gouache, and acrylic medium. Vellum sheets wrap individual pages hinged with fabric strips sewn into a single-signature hybrid pamphlet with exposed spine.
9.25 x 6.5 x .25 inches; 12 pages; 2004
Collection: Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections