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Red Ages / Angela Lorenz
Accordion books
FA.B25.0436
1 folded sheet : col. ill.9.2 x 8.8 cm
1991
Accordion book with red, unjoined board covers embossed on the front cover. Silkscreen on acid-free, white paper with text and stylized figures that depict the history of man beginning with the age of reptiles and ending on Broadway. The book is housed in a plastic sleeve with a red spine. Edition number 73 of 150. Signed and dated by the artist.
"The text itself mimics Red's polymorphic qualities-commencing with the texture of reptilian skin, rising and righting itself with Homo Erectus and tumbling with the Roman Empire. Each cover has a figure in relief showing Red as the Indian Prince Rama posed in the Hatha Yoga position, ‘The Tree,; or as a reptile crawling on its belly, depending on the viewer's point of perspective." -- artist’s statement
"The text itself mimics Red's polymorphic qualities-commencing with the texture of reptilian skin, rising and righting itself with Homo Erectus and tumbling with the Roman Empire. Each cover has a figure in relief showing Red as the Indian Prince Rama posed in the Hatha Yoga position, ‘The Tree,; or as a reptile crawling on its belly, depending on the viewer's point of perspective." -- artist’s statement