things I see in the sky, 2018, Ines Martins—llustrative modifications of clouds - from a series of devoré drawings on textile, a small book collecting those drawings wrapped by an original burnout print on textile.
Last weekend I went to Hamburger Bahnhof to see the Friends with Books Fair: two rooms packed with artists who experiment in one way or another with book and publishing form and content. Among the works that caught my attention were these:
The Danish artist Julie Sass (www.juliesass.dk) makes abstract paintings and collages and writes thoughtfully about abstraction and visual thinking.
I, Oblomov is a playful and serious book by the artist Ikuru Kuwajima (www.ikuruwajima.com) in which he presents photographs of his own languid moments, appropriating selected quotes from the 19th century novel by Ivan Goncharov. Fittingly for a book with torpor as a theme, the artist provides his Oblomov book with a cushioned cover.
Ines Martins’ books (www.ines-martins.com), especially the one pictured here called Things I See in the Sky, made by means of a tender, selective removal of threads.
— Carolyn Prescott