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The Anthropomorphic Book
July 2, 1994 - September 10, 1994

the 1994 annual Artist Members Exhibition

organized by  Brian  Hannon

Nicala  Aiello
Panic
Text by Gertrude Stein and Nicala Aiello. Relief printing, rubber stamp, serigraphy, silk threads, fingernails, graffito. 10 pages in two parallel accordion bindings.
Sarah  Barnum
Phantom Limb/ The Flying Dream
Watercolor and ink on paper. 8 pages in a buckram binding with leather straps.
Meg  Belichick
Sunspots
Ink on tissue with vellum covers.
Douglas  Brin
Journal Pages from 1987 and 1993 Diaries
Perfect bound blank book
Crystal  Cawley
Untitled Handbook with Prediction
Paper, acrylic, watercolor, and press type. 10 pages in an accordion binding.
Antonella  Celada
Hidden Eye
Wood, paper, collage. One page in a sliding wooden frame.
Precision Parts
Paper
Carolyn  Chadwick
Shelter My Soul I and II
Oasis goatskin, Unryu, binder's board. Full leather box.
Deborah Phillips  Chodoff
Self-image
(1994) Unique sculptural book
Acrylic mirror tiles, wire, acrylic paint.
This tunnel book has irregular openings that allow the viewer to see his or her reflection framed by the metallic painting on the backs of the tiles. Because the tiles have been heated, the images are distorted and the reflection at the end of the tunnel is tiny.
Ted  Clausen
Breath Box, The
Wood, glass, cloth
Glove Box, The
Plexi-glass, gloves, text
Ed  Colker
Aesthetique du Rale
Text by Michael Anania. Offset lithography, letterpress. 17 pages bound in a portfolio.
Aesthetique du Rale
Text by Michael Anania. Offset lithography, letterpress. 17 pages bound in a portfolio.
Aesthetique du Rale
Text by Michael Anania. Offset lithography, letterpress. 17 pages bound in a portfolio.
Laura  Davidson
Body Temple, The
Wood, board, lantern slide, gear, linoleum prints, laser prints, transfers. 6 pages fold out to become a temple, bound with brass hinges.
Tennessee Rice  Dixon
Diggings
Photocopy, paint, collage, wax
Melissa  Ehrenreich
Brink
Paper, ribbon, blackberry juice, ink, cloth, collage.
Spinning Around My Waist
Monoprints and Xeroxed leaves. 9 pages in an accordion binding.
Laura  Ferguson
My Back…Part of My Body Yet Hidden From Myself
Ink, vellum, mixed media with X-rays and silk. 19 pages plus portfolio.
Susan Kapuscinski  Gaylord
Book of Hair and Lips, Aging and Eternal
Binder's Board, paper, copier imagery.
Gina  Genis
Map of the Interior/Gold Leaf Fingerprints
Ink, gold leaf on bark paper. 3 individual pages wit their own portfolios housed in a case.
Amy  Goldin
Making Babies
Paper and plastic.
Joan Iversen  Goswell
Hands
Xerography, string, leather gloves
William  Harroff
Safe Sex
Snow globe bookwork
Gloria  Helfgott
Never Mind
Mixed media: clay, gesso, photocopies.
Mary  Hood
Can You Feel Me?
Aluminum, wire, dry point. 5 pages sewn with steel wire.
Sandra  Jackman
How Two Multiply
Wood, paper, ink, collage, oil paint, enamel, altered photographs.
Rochelle Rubinstein  Kaplan
My Body Book
Hand-sewn leather cover, heat transfers on leather and paper.
Karen  Kunc
Mexican Gothic
Text by Vinnie-Marie D'Ambrosio. Letterpress, woodcut on paper, paper slipcase.
John  Laudenslager
Praedella
Pastel, graphite, collage, cloth tape, marbleized paper, wax, mineral pigment.
Birgitta  Lund
Memory of a Reading
Manipulated photographic prints.
Untitled
Waxed, painted woodblock, black velvet, photocopies
Su  Lund
Star Nebula: (Marilyn)(I)
Wood, metal, brass, photos, pigments, stones, wire, glitter and found objects
Jim  Machacek
Skin Flick
Collage of Japanese paper, magazine clippings, lithograph. 4 pages in fabric checkbook style folds.
Louise  McCagg
Manhattan 05.12.91
Text by Petri Gyorgy and art by Louise McCagg. Cast head cover, letterpress printed text.
Ruth  McGurk
Strip Map
Colored pencil, letterpress.
Emily  McVarish
Matter and Memory
Text by Henri Bergson. Letterpress on board.
David  Moyer
A Phrenologie
Letterpress, wood engravings. 15 pages in a folio.
Denise  Mullen
Manos de Piedra
Goat with calf inlays, kallitype photographs, acrylic and gouache. 32 pages with embossed leather covers.
Susan  Newmark
Inner Eye
Plastic fabric, paper, paint, sequins, ribbon, stone.
Beverly  Nichols
Dancing Serpent, The
Text by Charles Baudelaire. Watercolor, covered with linen.
Sarah  Peter
Mouth
Collage
Jo Anna  Poehlmann
Table of Contents with Appendix
Canon laser color copies, Xerox, wood, acrylic, glue, collage
Lois  Polansky
Anatomical Digressions
Handmade paper, fiber, encaustic. Folding screen book with 10 leaves.
Sonya  Rapoport
Animated Soul, The
Text by artist with poetic excerpts from Normandi Ellis. Canon color copy, laser print, papyrus, Macintosh diskette.
Susan  Rotolo
Portraits
Watercolor, silverpoint, pen & ink, linen, muslin, gauze, board. Adjustable supported concertina binding.
Mary Ann  Sampson
Prayer Book and Singer
Wood, paper, string, plastic, metal, acrylic paint, pencil
Diane  Samuels
Golems of Moraveny
Printed on Ikonofix (recycled).
Rhea  Sanders
Ear Book, The
Watercolor en grisaille on paper mounted on linen
Claire Jeanine  Satin
Black Screen Flip Book I
Black aluminum screen, steel wire, beads, metallic ink, plastics. 8 pages bound with wire.
Miriam  Schaer
Things We Do For Love, The
Corset, acrylic, blueprint, silk, pins. 80 pages sewn on tapes.
Carol  Schwartzott
Ode/Odalisque
Paper, linocut, collage, calligraphy. 5 double pages in an accordion binding.
Joyce Cutler  Shaw
Book of Skulls
Xeroxes from drawings on vellum. 22 fanfold pages.
Robbin Ami  Silverberg
Manhattan 05.12.91
Text by Petri Gyorgy and art by Louise McCagg. Cast head cover, letterpress printed text.
Edyth  Skinner
Vitalogy: A Transparent Book
Text by G. Wood and E.H. Ruddock. Transparent film, screen print, and computer print.
Pamela  Spitzmueller
Homage…To Walt Whitman
Text by Walt Whitman. Museum board, various charcoal papers, acrylics, flax hinges.
Skin Samples
Coin folder, photographs, pencil. 3 pages of hinged boards.
Mina  Takahashi
An Index
Van dyke and gum bichromate photos, rubbings. 3-hole Japanese binding.
Larry  Thomas
Partial Recall
Photo copy transfer, collage.
Mary  Ting
Trust Me
Various paper, watercolors, polyvinyl.
Boris  Torres
Portraits
Watercolor, silverpoint, pen & ink, linen, muslin, gauze, board. Adjustable supported concertina binding.
Karen  Trask
Distance Between Two Halves, The
Lithography on handmade cast paper.
Dana  Velan
Heavenly Body, The
Copper covers, X-ray sheets. 13 pages tied with leather string.
Victoria  Von Koeppen
Breast Book
Satin, xeroxes, and photographs.
Faith Dorian  Wright
Bulls, Peacocks and Men
Paint and collage on 3 wooden panels.

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