The Or Not
or A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID IRELAND’S WORK or
TRACKING IRELAND THROUGH IRELAND
2021
Artist Books (wire coil bound with static shielding bags).
Mixed Media: crumpled, gessoed, sanded, painted and
letterpress printed pages from the David Ireland
catalog, The Way Things Are.
1: 9 varied edition, each 8 x 8 x .25 inches
2: 3 varied edition, each 8 x 8 x .25 inches
cell notes, varied, each 4 x 7.25 x .25 inches
screen notes, varied, each 8.25 x 16.5 x .25 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 page spreads from THE OR NOT 1 & 2:
CELL NOTES:
