Andrew Forster: Retrospective (1942- )
(1983; 47p.: 54 ill.: 23.5 x 17cm)
Bookwork/catalogue which accompanied a retrospective exhibition of the work of an artist named Andrew Forster (1942- ) at Eye Level Gallery, Halifax. Included are texts by curator Milicent Wagner (A Life and Work) and historian Hans Pieter Teufler (Andrew Forster and the Timekepers of Value) and an interview with the artist. Dedicated to Elmyr de Hory.
Andrew Forster: Andrew Forster
(1985; 88 pages, perfect bound, 63 b&w photos, 27 x 21cm)
Based on a catalogue on the work of Jannis Kounellis by Rudi Fuchs from the Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands, this artists book reproduces the original publication maintaining all original texts and art-historical reproductions but replacing the name 'Kounellis' with 'Forster' wherever it appears and replacing all images of Kounellis' work with new ones including out of focus shots from inside the museum, photos of handles of industrial machinery and tools, famous landmarks, spoons, and a detailed diagram of a gas water heater. An examination of the institutional exegesis of the artist-as-hero.
Dominion
(1995; 6 pages, 64 x 43cm, spiral bound)
A large-format spiral-bound artists book consisting of text, duotone and full-colour images collaged on to six pages to be read consecutively. A project improvised on the light table during the film-stripping stage of production. Produced during a residency at Nexus Press, Atlanta.
Light in the Head
(1995; 80 pages, sewn, colour and b&w photos, 15 x 23cm)
"There is light streaming from the top of my head. Rushing straight upwards. Flames dart on my shoulders. I have noticed that things, objects that is, have begun to go through me. Through my arms and legs. Thorough my chest and belly. At first they needed considerable velocity. Now they just drift through. No...at first I tried hard to believe in the solidity of things. Now I'm getting thinner. I think I'm afraid. I think I should be trying to keep them out, or trap them inside."
A book of photographs and found images juxtaposed with twenty texts about movement through water and air, through time and memory. A dream-like discontinuity gradually builds into a visceral approximation of the drifting rise and ebb of consciousness. A collaboration between Burning Editions and Nexus Press, Atlanta.
Facings
(2001; 144 pages, duotones, sewn, in a presentation box, 26 x 36cm)
A series of 144 b&w photographs of people looking at themselves in the mirror. In the studio set-up the camera faces the mirror and the pictures are taken of the mirror-image. Published in an edition of 500 the book consists of 144 images in a 10.25" x14.25" format, one image per page. Published by Nexus Press, Atlanta and Burning Editions, Montreal.
back
© 1999-2001 andrew forster (all rights reserved)
