Title
[ee-kwuh-lib-ree-uhm]
Standard Edition
10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches
Clothbound Hardcover
54 Pages
10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches
Clothbound Hardcover
54 Pages
About
Kate Chase Presents [ee-kwuh-lib-ree-uhm]; a collection of ten large-format mixed-media works borne out of a two-year collaboration between photographer Cade Martin and artist Vincent Serritella.
Kate Chase Presents [ee-kwuh-lib-ree-uhm]; a collection of ten large-format mixed-media works borne out of a two-year collaboration between photographer Cade Martin and artist Vincent Serritella.
[ee-kwuh-lib-ree-uhm] is also a study of creative balances – of shadow and light, of past and promise, of decomposition and rebirth. Stretching the boundaries of collaboration without consultation, Martin and Serritella handled their components alone, trusting the method of initiation and completion to the other. Both artists had to open to the unfamiliar, and remain invested in the idea that the unknown, the challenge to their familiar process, and an unimagined end product would ultimately reveal something new and striking beyond their singular visions.
Both artists found inspiration in the unexpected muse of the decades-long vacant Market Street Power Plant — one of New Orleans most striking and storied early modern buildings perched on the banks of The Mississippi River.
For Martin, “Love of creative adventure is how I was raised and once inside I felt connected with the easy juxtaposition of decay and fresh graffiti, the very spirit of New Orleans baked into the way the past played literal gallery for the now.” Like the Crescent City itself, the work became an homage to a place where history is not a study of what was, but something fully alive as a thread connecting then and now.
Likewise the works in [ee-kwuh-lib-ree-uhm] are a living thread, connecting how Martin experienced and photographed the graffiti filled halls, how Vincent Serritella viewed and experienced and added to those photographs, and how their art
collectively will be experienced and even changed by their environment and their viewers – an ongoing collaboration. Each piece named for a prominent graffiti phrase captured in Martin’s original photographs.
collectively will be experienced and even changed by their environment and their viewers – an ongoing collaboration. Each piece named for a prominent graffiti phrase captured in Martin’s original photographs.
And for Serritella, “the work then framed without glazing to allow the natural atmospheric elements to further decay the paper and work, continuing the impermanence of leaving the life of the image unknown and perhaps to decay if left abandoned.”
Book Photography By: Cade Martin
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Title
Project 365
Awards
Art, The 2015 USA Best Book Award
Official Honoree: Promotions and Contests, 2015 Webby Awards
Outstanding Book Of The Year: Arts Craftsmanship, 2015 IPPY Awards
Art, The 2015 USA Best Book Award
Official Honoree: Promotions and Contests, 2015 Webby Awards
Outstanding Book Of The Year: Arts Craftsmanship, 2015 IPPY Awards
Standard Edition
12 x 9 inches
Clothbound Hardcover
300 Pages
12 x 9 inches
Clothbound Hardcover
300 Pages
Limited Edition
12 x 9 inches
Clothbound Hardcover and Slipcase
316 Pages ( Includes 27 Extra Works )
12 x 9 inches
Clothbound Hardcover and Slipcase
316 Pages ( Includes 27 Extra Works )
About
Early in 2013, I was overwhelmed by the astronomical prices that original art was selling for at various auction houses and galleries across the world. With that in mind, I set out to give 365 pieces of original art back to anyone, anywhere in the world for free. But this project evolved into so much more than making art accessible. I realized half way through that I was doing a project about happiness and relationships. It made me understand even more how much joy and pleasure art brings to people's lives. For me, having a piece of original art was always about the inspiration and connection to the artist. However, the stories I've read from all of you have meant so much more and also made me better understand what I was doing and its importance to our continued globalization. Regardless of where you are in the world following the project, the true universal language we all shared is one through art and this book captures that experience!
Early in 2013, I was overwhelmed by the astronomical prices that original art was selling for at various auction houses and galleries across the world. With that in mind, I set out to give 365 pieces of original art back to anyone, anywhere in the world for free. But this project evolved into so much more than making art accessible. I realized half way through that I was doing a project about happiness and relationships. It made me understand even more how much joy and pleasure art brings to people's lives. For me, having a piece of original art was always about the inspiration and connection to the artist. However, the stories I've read from all of you have meant so much more and also made me better understand what I was doing and its importance to our continued globalization. Regardless of where you are in the world following the project, the true universal language we all shared is one through art and this book captures that experience!
Book Photography By: Eva Kolenko