COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Maneater
Creator:
Batsel, Hannah
Description:
Four nested books, all screen printed by hand in color. Housed in a black cloth-covered drop-spine box with tiger illustration screen printed on front and title and author's name screen printed on spine. Screen printed colophon sheet in envelope attached to inside box lid. Artist's website: "Magnets embedded in the spine of each book hold them in place for display or easy reading as a set." Artist's statement: "The set consists of four stories whose physical and narrative structure nest within one another like Russian nesting dolls. The books can be read separately, but when taken together, reveal a legacy of greed and colonialism across generations. Every time a new character's name is spoken, a new book begins that follows that character's life story. The first book's protagonist is a wealthy shut-in who becomes obsessed with an exotic deity; the three enclosed books reveal this retired businessman's colonialist past and the history of the deity's native land. With every book, the narrative as a whole moves backwards chronologically in time. The visual style echoes that of 19th-century children's mass-market hardcover adventure books, whose bright and captivating illustrations belied the troubling imperialist messages conveyed within." Colophon: "This set of books was screen-printed in 2015 at Spudnik Press in Chicago. The edition was made possible by generous funding from: The Caxton Club of Chicago and the Albert P. Weisman Award. Although this edition is dedicated to those who worked most intimately to ensure its success, namely: Kristin and Kurt Batsel and Lauren Berg, its author also owes debts of gratitude to the following readers, advisors, editors, champions of the arts, meddlers, skeptics, printers, bookbinders, chauffeurs, and general rabble: Sherry Antonini, Ruby Figueroa, Alex Gilbert, Julia Goodman, Angee Lennard, Woody Leslie, Jenny Magus, Drue McCurdy, Miriam Schaer, and the Center for Book, Paper, and Print at Columbia College Chicago."
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Illustration of books
Subject:
Imperialism
Subject:
Literature in art
Subject:
Monsters
Subject:
Narrative art
Subject:
Tiger
Subject:
Women artists
Publisher:
Annex at Spudnik Press
Date:
2015
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
4 volumes : color illustrations ; 14-24 cm, in box (26 x 18 x 6 cm) + 1 sheet (24 x 17 cm) in envelope
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Clamshell boxes
Format/Medium:
Clothbound books
Format/Medium:
Magnets
Format/Medium:
Pamphlets
Format/Medium:
Screen prints
Source:
Maneater, 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:
b15615339
Identifier:
i13500880
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
SCAD Location:
SCAD Library (Atlanta)
