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Exhibit May 2002
art spreads
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art spreads
an exhibition of artists' books
by graphic design, fine art & applied design students, exploring
The Art of the Book
with Michele Burgess
May 13-24, 2002
Special Collections Reading Room
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Andrea Aguiar: Zilkie
Carolyn Butler: Swims Blind |
The artist can use and enrich the elements and forms that a book possesses
to translate thoughts, feelings, images, and information to the viewer.
The idea behind the book is central to all aesthetic and practical decisions
made during its creation. Other considerations include: combination, juxtaposition
and layering, gradual revelation, terrain and travel, implication, suspension
of disbelief, transparency, and framing.
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Artists' books challenge our contemporary concepts of reading and seeing,
in a form that invites a very unique intimacy with the viewer. These challenges
put a healthy set of demands on art students in their pursuit of qualities
that engage the senses and the intellect, while being well crafted.
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"Science of Life" by Melike Tascioglu. Melike also
designed the poster for this exhibit. |
Kim P. Ejanda: Deadly Secret
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This semester, the students explored and invented ways to imbue the substance
and architecture of the artist's book with qualities that help to create
an effective setting for your individual expressions. Students learned
bookmaking terms, techniques, and structures and were introduced to some
printmaking techniques that are often used in book arts.
In the beginning, certain concepts and themes were assigned to the entire
class and explored both individually and collectively. Later, students
developed their own themes. We discussed traditional book design and the
reasons for practicing or challenging it.
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This course is designed so that upper-level students in both fine and
applied art disciplines can apply their own particular skills to a multi-faceted,
paginated form. In this setting, they can converse about issues and techniques
that expand their current knowledge and expressive concerns. Projects
are designed so that graphic designers will be challenged to express personalized
ideas and fine artists can address issues of communication in a different
context. Technical knowledge can be shared and motivations for creation
challenged.
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Beatriz del Olmo: Portrait of My Father, Christina Li: Girl
Scout Handbook, Amy Kreft: Masquerade |
Sonny Esquibel: Honu
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Michele Burgess is an instructor at the SDSU School of Art, Design and
Art History and also co-director of San Diego's Brighton Press. She will
teach this class also in Fall 2002.
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Virtual exhibit created by Elke Zobl
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