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Pati Hill: Photocopier: A Survey of Prints and Books (1974-83)
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This publication (accompanied) a traveling exhibition that (reintroduced) the singular practice of Pati Hill (1921-2014). Untrained as an artist, Hill was a published novelist and poet before she began experimenting with the photocopier as an artist's tool in the early 1970s. She was not alone in recognizing the creative possibilities of what she called 'a found instrument, a saxophone without directions;' however, her literal approach to the medium - 'having come to copying from writing' - coupled with her lucid texts about it, have proved prescient, especially regarding xerography's potential for self-publishing and image-sharing that we take for granted today.
''Unlike many who experimented with this instant-duplication process - a technology whose convenience, affordability, and use of plain paper made it revolutionary - Hill sustained her commitment to xerography for 40 years.'' (From the Preface by Richard Torchia).
Includes reproductions of the artist's work as well as essays by Richard Torchia, Anthony Bailey, Marilyn McCray, Zachary See, Thomas McGonigle, Michelle Cotton, Sue Pierce, Matthew J. Rigilano, Fouzia Chakour, Thomas Devaney, Francesca Ferrari, Jessica Hough, Zachary Fruit, and Marie-Cécile Miessner.
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Product #: MMS030542881/0
Brand: Arcadia University
Manufacturer: Arcadia University
Fabric: Paper
Origin: Made in USA