Mythologies of Return: Revisiting Ana Mendieta's Rupestrian Sculptures / Aurora De Armendi

Identifier:FA.B109.2014

Dimensions:6.9 x 10.24 x 0.7 in; 17.5 x 26 x 1.75 cm

Creation dates:2009 – 2017

Subjects: hand sewing, letterpress printing, photogravures, slipcases

Description:Hand-sewn, long-stitch, soft-cover book housed in a slipcase covered in Iris book cloth. Features photogravures of and an essay about the work of the artist Ana Medieta in Las Escaleras de Jaruco, a national park outside of Havana, Cuba. This is edition number 20 of 20. Signed by the artist, Aurora De Armendi, and the essay contributor, Adriana Mendez Rodenas. "'Mythologies of Return: Revisiting Ana Medieta's Rupestrian Sculptures' was designed, printed, and bound by Aurora De Armendi with an essay by Adriana Mendez Rodenas entitled 'Mythologies of Return: The Taino Route in Ana Medieta's Rupestrian Sculptures.' Original photographs were taken in January and June of 2012 at las Escaleras de Jaruco outside of Havana, Cuba. Seven color photogravure images from the photographs were printed on Gampi and Chine-colle onto Somerset paper. The essay was set in Bembo digital type and letterpress printed from polymer plates onto Somerset paper using both the Universal Vandercook I and III presses. Each image title was handset in Garamond type and letterpress printed to accompany the images. There is a portfolio edition with seven loose photogravure prints as well as a hand-bound booklet of the essay housed in a cloth-covered clamshell box. There are 5 copies in this edition. The standard edition is a hand-sewn, long-stitch, soft-cover book bound in St. Armand paper with Cave paper for the spine support. The end sheets are Nara Natural Dyed Herb Green paper. The book is housed in a slipcase covered in Iris book cloth. There are 20 copies in the standard edition. You are holding 20/20 of the standard edition." -- colophon