COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Don't Look Back: (Something May Be Gaining on You)
Creator:
Press, Petra
Description:
One-of-a-kind book. Board book of balsa wood, wax, chicken bones, and human hair. Transfer prints. Found images. Colophon: "A book of spells to invoke magic spirits, inspired by Goetia (The Lesser Key of Solomon the King) and other magical totems. Mixed media and found objects (including hair, bone, and toenails.) Invoke these spirits at your own risk." Artist's statement: "This 'Halloween' Book of Spells is based loosely on old invocations and images from the Grimoires, an ancient book of demonic magic."
Subject:
Demonology
Subject:
Gods
Subject:
Hand
Subject:
Incantations
Subject:
Magic in art
Subject:
Spirits
Subject:
Totems
Date:
2008
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 15 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Bone (material)
Format/Medium:
Found objects
Format/Medium:
Hair (animal components)
Format/Medium:
Nails (Anatomy)
Format/Medium:
Unique books
Format/Medium:
Wax
Format/Medium:
Wood
Source:
Don't Look Back: (Something May Be Gaining on You), in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier:
b12993700
Identifier:
i12458806
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
