Details from Life: Sketching at the 2011 Minnesota State Fair 2012
Roz Stendahl, USA
| Details from Life: Sketching
at the 2011 Minnesota State Fair, Roz Stendahl,
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, September 2011 I am not a political artist, but thinking about the cowardly bombing on al-Mutanabbi Street reminded me that sometimes the most subversive approach we can take to win over minds is to show normalcy of a benign kind. My book documents some of my sketching adventures at the 2011 Minnesota State Fair. Every year Minnesotans exercise the right and privilege of congregating in public and exchanging ideas, from serious and frivolous. It is my fervent hope that someday people everywhere can enjoy the same expectations in their daily lives. The book is a secular prayer. I am an urban dweller who seeks out nature in my surroundings. My paintings - realistic in style, mixed in media - grow out of my life-long practice of journal keeping. I work as a graphic designer, illustrator, and book artist. I teach classes at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts in Minneapolis. My artwork appears in numerous books. I have exhibited regionally and nationally. I was one of the four coordinators of the Minnesota Journal Project 2000 and my journal is now part of the Minnesota Historical Society's permanent archive. I am a signature member of the Minnesota Watercolor Society. Editioned digital journal facsimile bound as a Japanese stab binding. The artist's sketches from life were scanned. The book was created on the Mac using QuarkXPress. The color cover/title page inset was tipped in. Papers (various) and Irish Waxed Linen Thread. 6 inches wide x 7.25 inches tall rozjournalrat@gmail.com www.rozworks.com www.rozwoundup.typepad.com |