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It Is Almost That collects twenty-six visionary image+text works by women artists and writers. Supremely imaginative in their use of word and image, these hybrid works are steeped in narrative play and subversion, inviting readers to engage in multiple modes of reading. The first in a series that embodies Siglio’s unique editorial mission, It Is Almost That features substantial excerpts or the works in their entirety—many previously unpublished, difficult to find, or long out-of-print—by renown, little known, forgotten, and emerging artists.
The works include a painted autobiographical novel by a young artist who died in the Holocaust (Charlotte Salomon); the transformation of the front pages of newspapers into alchemical drawings (Suzanne Treister); a computer-generated chance operation that “imagines” houses and their inhabitants (Alison Knowles); the pseudo-scientific examination of mother-daughter conversations (Eleanor Antin); and drawings called “body maps,” inscribed with stories of HIV-positive South African women (Bambanani Women’s Group), among almost two dozen others.
Edited by Lisa Pearson, this collection is not organized like a traditional anthology; rather, it creates a constellation of works that exceed categorical boundaries. While many works may be recognized by their various connections (such as to Fluxus, Conceptual, Feminist, and Outsider art as well as to experimental literature, etc.), the collection aims to engage both literary and art audiences, reorienting the reader so that these works may be seen and read anew.
CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE:
Eleanor Antin
Bambanani Women’s Group
Fiona Banner
Louise Bourgeois
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Cozette de Charmoy
Ann Hamilton
Jane Hammond
Susan Hiller
Dorothy Iannone
Bhanu Kapil & Rohini Kapil
Helen Kim
Alison Knowles
Ketty La Rocca
Bernadette Mayer
Adrian Piper
Charlotte Salomon
Geneviève Seillé
Molly Springfield
Cole Swensen & Shari DeGraw
Suzanne Treister
Erica Van Horn & Laurie Clark
Carrie Mae Weems
Hannah Weiner
Sue Williams
Unica Zürn |