2020
Artist Book with Sleeve. Three varied edition. Mixed Media:
tar paper, crumpled, gessoed, sanded, painted & letterpress
printed pages from the David Ireland catalog,
The Way Things Are.
Each 8.75 x 11 x .5 inches. With sleeve, 10 x 12.25 x .5 inches
The series reflects a conversation with David Ireland’s work and philosophy on extraction and shaping. Drawn to David’s conceptual and tactile ways of extracting material, Brooke picked up The Way Things Are, a catalog of his work, before venturing out to a residency in Ireland. While reviewing it, she discovered a production error; an entire signature of 16 pages was missing. She saw this error as an opportunity to engage with his work, mining the catalog for material and content.
Selected Pages from the three varied editions:
