Of Mud and Lotus
Tokyo: Artbeat, 2017.
ISBN: 9784902080636
Condition: Fine
Hardcover
First Edition
Work focusing on the artist’s attention for female power made with collages and unique hand- coloured pieces, Sassen creates images in which abstraction and performance intertwine. In this evocative and imaginary realm of intense colour and textures, the imagery is rich with associative references that allow for layered readings and responses. Her new works also include seemingly abstract mundane objects and apparently incidental motifs are transformed with collage, filters and streaks of pigment to the point of where their original forms lie unrecognizable below Sassen’s interventions. After the success of the former publication “Lexicon” in collaboration with artbeat publishers, this is the second “Japanese photo book” the artist has published. With the delicate embroidery on the cover, the book design represents Sassen’s aesthetic eye on the world. 108 pages, 4c, 23.2 × 28.7cm, Hard cover with embroidery Edited by Shigeo Goto, Sawako Fukai Designed by Yoshihisa Tanaka First edition, October 2017 1,000 copies Printed in Japan. Item #17600
Price: $245.00
