Mutanabbi Rising John Cutrone and Paula Marie Gourley, USA, 2013

 

 

We chose to focus on the everyday, the things we reach for, the things in markets, the things that make for culture at its most basic. John brought words (cardamom, u sukar) from the ‘Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here’ broadside he had printed with poet Zaid Shlah; Paula brought words and the memory of cones of spices she saw in the markets of Algiers. In structure, too, the book is based in simplicity, for it begins flat yet rises into a solid triangle: Stability.

Edition: 16. Dimensions: 15" x 15" flat; 15" x 6.5" x 13.5" constructed. Letterpress and pochoir on Canson Antique White Paper, utilizing linoleum blocks and historic wood and metal types.

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