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Kiki Smith and Lynne Tillman.
Still Life.
Montreal: Coromandel Express, 2001.
Acquired in part through the Robert L. Goldman Fund.
Visual artist Kiki Smith and writer Lynne Tillman collaborate in this artists' book designed in the spirit of a small and intimate medieval book of hours. The work consists of twenty-four color photographs in dialogue with the sentences of a short prose piece titled The Lost City of Words. Sentiments of loss, memory, and the ephemeral nature of life are juxtaposed with objects found in Smith's studio: sculptural works-in-progress, luminescent glass bulbs, dead birds, items found in a makeshift bedroom. The work is elegantly presented in a case of molded plastic and closes with a clasp in wrought metal designed by Smith. Edition: 29/60. |
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