Los Angeles artist Bettina Hubby (born 1968) takes a detour from her curatorial, community-based projects with Uniforms, an artist’s book of paper collages as precise and elegant as they are chaotic and devious. Here, clothed bodies collide, recombine and somersault across the page; machines mimic birds; jackets seem to genuflect in prayer. Constructed with the muted hues and contemplative negative space of a Noh play, Hubby’s mash-ups reassemble the familiar photographic imagery of fashion, commerce and reportage into a open-ended riff on personal identity and the human organism. Complementing the work is an original fictional narrative by Dave Cull, delivered in brief installments throughout the book. Uniforms is published in an edition of 750 copies on the occasion of Pretty Limber, Hubby’s fall 2013 exhibition at Klowden Mann Gallery.
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"I know some people wake up immobile, entombed—their senses terribly intact. And others are aware and present for the process—the slow loss of feeling, making its way from foot to head. Either way, they sense their world, or fade to black. My experience was different…" This passage by Dave Cull begins Uniforms, The Ice Plant's enigmatic limited edition artist's book of collage works by Bettina Hubby, who will be on hand, along with Cull, to sign advanced copies of the book this Saturday, February 1 at 3PM at our booth at Art Los Angeles Contemporary, following our 1PM signing with Chris Johanson. (See our Fair page for more information.) continue to blog
Visit us January 30 - February 2 in the Entrance Tent at the Barker Hangar, where we present artist Mark Hagen's Ramada Santa Monica bookstore installation, housing hundreds of monographs, exhibition catalogs and artists books by the world's most respected museum and art book publishers. Book signings with Bettina Hubby and Dave Cull and Chris Johanson, also hosted within Ramada Santa Monica, are listed below. continue to blog
FORMAT: Pbk, 9 x 12 in. / 80 pgs / 49 color / Ltd Ed of 750 copies. LIST PRICE: U.S. $39.95 LIST PRICE: CANADA $53.95 GBP £36.99 ISBN: 9780982365397 PUBLISHER: The Ice Plant AVAILABLE: 3/31/2014 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: FLAT40 PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA LA UK EUR ASIA AFR ME
Los Angeles artist Bettina Hubby (born 1968) takes a detour from her curatorial, community-based projects with Uniforms, an artist’s book of paper collages as precise and elegant as they are chaotic and devious. Here, clothed bodies collide, recombine and somersault across the page; machines mimic birds; jackets seem to genuflect in prayer. Constructed with the muted hues and contemplative negative space of a Noh play, Hubby’s mash-ups reassemble the familiar photographic imagery of fashion, commerce and reportage into a open-ended riff on personal identity and the human organism. Complementing the work is an original fictional narrative by Dave Cull, delivered in brief installments throughout the book. Uniforms is published in an edition of 750 copies on the occasion of Pretty Limber, Hubby’s fall 2013 exhibition at Klowden Mann Gallery.
