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Parallel Intervals No. 12 / Janis Rudolfs Nedela
Altered books
FA.OSS6.0987
38 x 61 cm; 15 x 24 x 2 1/2 in
2010
Framed altered book work composed of nails, torn pages of a case bound text (excerpt of Sigulda Photoalbum by V. Upisa, Krasu Foto, Izdevnieciba Liesma, Riga, 1975), acrylic paint and nail varnish. The left page of the spread contains nails pounded into the text block. The right page of the spread contains a landscape collage composed of thin strips of paper with an image of flowers painted/drawn on top.
"Coloured nails driven through the text of a hard covered book, creates a visual rhythm through planned and color coded nail heads which obliterate parts of the original text. The nail heads are painted in different colours to represent each word they obscured."-- Artist's description, verso of the frame.