COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Sanctus Sonorensis
Creator:
Zimmermann, Philip
Description:
Self-covering board book; four-color offset lithography; rounded and gilded edges. Edition of 1000. Signed by author on colophon. Colophon: "The cover image is part of the Sonoran desert in Southern Arizona about 50 miles from Lukeville, and just a couple of miles from the Mexican border. It is one of the most heavily trafficked and dangerous entry points for illegal Mexican immigrants entering the United States, and many die there each year from exposure and lack of water. The skyscapes are all photographed in New Mexico and Arizona during 2003 and 2004." Artist's statement: "Sanctus Sonorensis is a book of border ‘beatitudes’. This work comments on the complicated attitudes of Americans on illegal immigration from Mexico. The cover shows a photograph of the area of Southern Arizona which is the most active in terms of migration across the Sonoran desert, and where thousands have lost their lives in the deadly desert heat. The interior pages show the progression of a typical high-desert day from dawn to sunset, mimicking the sky above an immigrant during a day’s desert passage, and accompanied by a single line of text on each two-page spread."
Subject:
Clouds
Subject:
Deserts
Subject:
Emigration and immigration
Subject:
Landscapes in art
Subject:
Photography
Subject:
Prayer
Subject:
Religion in art
Publisher:
Spaceheater Editions
Date:
2009
Coverage:
Arizona
Coverage:
Mexican-American Border Region
Coverage:
New Mexico
Coverage:
Sonoran Desert
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
90 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Adhesive binding process
Format/Medium:
Board books
Format/Medium:
Gilt edges
Format/Medium:
Offset lithography
Format/Medium:
Photobooks
Format/Medium:
Photographs
Source:
Sanctus Sonorensis, 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:
b12882021
Identifier:
i12237723
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
SCAD Location:
SCAD Library (Atlanta)
