theo strasser (6 resultados)

Melbourne : Anajah Press, 2015. Octavo, handpainted card wrappers, pp. [48], illustrated. An artist's book of photomontaged text and poetry by Melbourne creator Theo Strasser, limited to 50 numbered and signed copies. An artist's book of images and text by Theo Strasser, compiled from photographs (both his own and found images), as well as photocopied and handworked collages. Bound with black thread in a stitched booklet with original monochrome handpainted covers. Held in three Australian collections (NLA, SLQ, University of Melbourne).

Melbourne : Anajah Press, [2017]. Octavo, handpainted handcut card wrappers, pp. [52], illustrated. An artist's book of photomontaged text and poetry by Melbourne creator Theo Strasser, limited to 50 numbered and signed copies. 'Famine is a little zine with poetry by Graham Henderson and art work by Theo Strasser. The writing has been taken from the Henderson's The Quiros Suite: Famine, a collection of poems published by The Lovers Press, Melbourne, 2016.' Held in a single Australian collection (NLA).

Melbourne : Anajah Press, 2015. Octavo, handpainted card wrappers, pp. [48], illustrated. An artist's book of photomontaged text and poetry by Melbourne creator Theo Strasser, limited to 50 numbered and signed copies. 'An artist's book by Theo Strasser, compiled from altered and montaged photographs which have been digitally reproduced, and acrylic and gouache paintings on heavy and light paper stock. The title, Scavi (meaning excavation in Italian), refers to uncovering the distant past to enable a vision of the future. It is made from experiences in Italy with photographs taken at sites in vaulted tombs, and of uncovered earthen walls and ancient Roman sculptures. The book digs into other layers both personal and physical. It is a book that is aware of itself in its construction, being bound with black thread in a stitched pamphlet-style booklet with heavy felt covers that suggest the colour of pumice, with the title on a tipped-on paper label, with the text in Roman square capitals, like those used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column, against a photographic background image of hand-scratched graffiti. The painting content is inspired by Pompeii'. - the artist. Held in four Australian collections (NLA, SLQ, NGA, University of Melbourne).

[Melbourne] : Masterthief, 2009. Folio (510 mm tall), lettered cloth, hand-painted endpapers, pp. [44], original screenprints and painted pages with overlaid text. Limited to 10 copies plus 3 artists proofs signed by the artists. This is copy number 8. "Composed by the two creators of Eyewitness (2008) in collaboration with the poet Colvin, Remembrance is constructed in imposing form, the initial impact of the front boards recalling a tombstone or war monument. The interior, bracketed by the dark whorls of Strasser's acrylic endpapers, freeze-frames post apocalyptic thoughts of an inhumane future grounded in our own reality. In doing so, the artists remind the reader of the consequence of action, specifically in reference to current military actions which while aiming to liberate, actually consecrate suffering" - artists' statement. Six copies held in Australian Libraries (NLA, SLV, SLQ, SLNSW, Monash, Melbourne Uni).

Folio; hardcover, with upper board title and a tipped-on decoration; unpaginated (52pp.), on untrimmed heavy stock, with many monochrome and full-colour hand-printed plates. Very minor wear. Fine, with a mylar wrapper. Laid in: a hand-written postcard from Robert Colvin to the previous owner, signed in ink. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. 'The text is screenprinted and layered into some of the images so that it blends in, and becomes a visual element on the page. Colvin works with the photograph in its crudest form; paper coated with photographic emulsion. The images, shadows cast by plants and objects, become abstract because the process does not allow for detail. This lack of detail heightens the sense of transience, of time passing. Strasser, an abstract painter, works with gouache, hand painting the pages. Lyssiotis uses corrugated cardboard as a printing block; the resultant black lines suggest lines of text, erased - an unintelligible communication.' Monash University. This book is Number 10 from a limited edition run of only 10 copies; signed on the limitations page by the creators.

Melbourne : Anajah Press, 2016. Quarto, lettered silver felt cover, pp. [72], illustrated. An artist's book by Melbourne creator Theo Strasser, limited to 30 numbered and signed copies. "'Today' is an artist book with an ambiguous silver cover, that denies its appearance as a metallic object, as it is skin smooth, with a soft under cover of felt. Today lies in the present time but borders the past with the future. The present time lies inside the book, it is continuously contemporary. This is an abstract discourse on our perception of the present time. All the pages are art works that have been scanned on two different grades of paper, that reference the format of newspapers. This is a book that crosses a zine with a newspaper. A transient book of fleeting visions." - Artist's statement. Held in three Australian collections (NLA, SLV, University of Melbourne) as well as the Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem.