LOST and FOUND 2011
Maria G Pisano, USA

     

Statement: LOST and FOUND reflects on the history of the Middle East. Symbolic fragments were collected and reassembled with historical text and maps, to illustrate the rich cultural heritage of the area. The book hopes to raise awareness to the loss of lives, cultural property and the freedom to openly share and discuss ideas, by the bombing of Al-Mutanabbi Street on March 5, 2007, in Baghdad; a street of booksellers, named after the 10th Century Arab poet Abu' Tayib al-Mutanbbi . Maria G. Pisano's oeuvre encompasses prints, works on paper and artists' books, published under the Memory Press imprint. In 2012 she will deliver a lecture in Toronto at the ARLIS conference and in July 2012 she is curating the exhibition “Book as Witness: The Artist's Response” at the Center for Book Arts in NYC. Memory Press book works are in numerous private and public collections including the Library of Congress, The University of Connecticut, University of Delaware, The New York Public Library, and Stanford University. She teaches book arts, papermaking, printmaking, and conservation and is an adjunct Professor at Rosemont College in PA.

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