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CE QUI EST CRÉÉ PAR L' ESPRIT EST PLUS VIVANT QUE LA MATIÈRE

Artist's book where Baudelaire's phrase from his work Journaux Intimes, editions NICEA 1944, transformed into an abstract composition, functions as a visual building block that gradually constructs a hexagonal self contained form. The book is part of the broader body of work, Journaux Intimes, that also includes the artist's book Le Rebelle.

Archival notes and description: The book is printed on a Heidelberg 25X35 vertical press, in the Printing Workshop of the Athens School of Fine Arts, in an edition of twenty (20) copies. Eleven (11) are printed on Arches paper, and nine (9) on Somerset paper with a cover of Saunders Waterford paper. The case is covered with red Brillianta Van Heek Scholco fabric. 

Typographer, Stathis Magos 
Bookbinder, Evangelia Biza

ISBN: 960-631-075-2
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Ce qui est créé par l'esprit est plus vivant que la matière
Accordion book in case, letterpress on Hahnemühle German Etching paper
28.5 cm x 25.5 cm
Edition of 20 
2006

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  • HOME
  • Current work
  • STATEMENT
  • ABOUT
  • ARCHIVE
    • METAMORPHOSIS >
      • /ATHENS >
        • NO WATER, 2015
        • /KARYSTOS
        • IMPROVISATIONS, 2014 >
          • BLACK SERIES
          • CARBON SHEET IMPROVISATIONS, 2014
      • /IN TRANSIT >
        • HIGHWAY SEQUENCES
        • LANDSCAPES/IMPRESSIONS
      • /MONTREAL >
        • SEQUENCES
      • /USA >
        • HAYMARKET SQUARE
        • CHICAGO CANYON
        • CALENDAR OF TRACES, 2014
        • BLUEPRINT DRAWINGS, 2014
      • /BELGRADE >
        • 1999
        • IMPROVISATIONS, 2014
        • CONSTELLATION, 2014
      • /KURFÜRSTENDAMM >
        • HIER WOHNTE, 2014
        • IMPROVISATIONS, 2014
        • LINTEL, 2014
        • DOCUMENTARY, 2014
    • LANDSCAPES, 2016
    • THIRTY-SIX BLUE MOONS, 2014
    • MELAN SOMA, 2013
    • ONOMATOPOEIC, 2013
    • WORD PAINTINGS, 2013
    • VAINGLORY, 2013
    • CURTAINMUSTACHE, 2011-2013
    • CARBON SHEET IMPROVISATIONS, 2014
    • EPHEMERAL BOOKS, 2011-12 >
      • COFFEE FILTER BOOK, 2012
      • BUTTERFLY, 2012
      • ANTHOLOGIE DE LA POÉSIE FRANÇAISE, 2012
      • CARDBOARD PACKAGING BOOK, 2011
      • GROCERY BAG BOOKS, 2011
    • LETHE, 2011 >
      • PHOTOGRAPHS
      • PRESS & POSTAL CARDS
      • BOOKS
      • MANUSCRIPTS & OBJECTS
    • FABRIC ON FABRIC, 2009
    • LINE STRUCTURES, 2009
    • 2008 CALENDAR, 2007
    • THE CUBE, 2006
    • JOURNAUX INTIMES, 2006 >
      • INSTALLATIONS
      • ARTIST BOOKS >
        • CE QUI EST CRÉÉ PAR L' ESPRIT EST PLUS VIVANT QUE LA MATIÈRE
        • LE REBELLE
      • POLIS/SENSIBILITÉ
    • SEQUENCES, 2005
  • DESIGN
  • PEDAGOGY
  • CONTACT