Belloff Mindy (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Edition of 26 lettered A-Z, with 10 numbered deluxe, printed letterpress, front and verso. Page designs in red ink with brown text, with over 50 original drawings. The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice - by William Shakespeare: 192-pages printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine. The Tragedy of Desdemona - by Mindy Belloff: 150-pages printed letterpress on Johannot Arches cotton rag papers, text includes ancient Nag Hammadi poetry, narrative passages of Ovid, Dostoevsky, and Alice Walker, statistics compiled from a variety of sources including the United Nations and current news sources. Miniature book, dos-a-dos binding with letterpress printed St. Armand cotton paper covers, and Suminagashi marbled edges. Standard bound by Mindy Belloff, custom crafted box and deluxe leather binding by Celine Lombardi. Book 3-1/2 h x 2-3/4 w x 1-3/4 d, with LCD screen Video Card 2 x 4 inches resolution 320 x 240, cinematic 8:44 minute video time capsule with USB port and accordion booklet of video credits, inside a unique custom box with 2 pull-out drawers, wrapped in book cloth, 6.5 x 4 x 2.75 inches. Deluxe (scroll down below). "This double-bound miniature pairs a classic seventeenth-century Shakespearean text with historic and contemporary poetry and writings, along with current news and statistics on femicide. The two volumes are paired, Othello on one side, Desdemona on the other, sharing the same back-not as literal, but perhaps a parallel to Iago's description of marital conjugation of the beast with two backs-however, the two texts and various voices are conjoined in dialogue and are inseparable. The layered narrative includes a video component, also in dialog with issues around gender and class. On the video, one views a montage of images, 8:30 minutes long. This includes clips from film and theater productions of "Othello," news headlines of sensational stories from the mid-1990's, recent women's marches from the #MeToo movement, and other poignant contemporary stories and statistics. The video functions as a time capsule, for a generation coming of age in the 1970's-90's. . William Shakespeare's "Othello," based on a 16th-century tale in Giraldi Cinthio's "Gli Hecatommithi," was a popular play in Elizabethan England, that still resonates with audiences today. The story begins with devotional love, an elopement and hope for the future, interrupted by the machinations of the villain Iago, and ends in tragedy within a few days. The character Othello, a respected General who marries and then murders a younger woman, Lady Desdemona, parallels a modern Othello in the sports and television personality of O.J. Simpson, who was accused of the double murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994. Both are tragic stories of jealous rage, domestic violence, male dominance, upper class privilege, and femicide. In "The Tragedy of Desdemona," closing arguments of the legal case and diary entries of the victim are revisted, along with historic and contemporary poetry, writings from the 4th-century Nag Hammadi codices, excerpts of writings from Ovid, Dostoevsky, and Alice Walker, current news headlines, global statistics on femicide, the 2021 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe, the 1993 case of Lorena Bobbitt, and the myth of Medusa, among other information. The intention in this edition is not to offer answers to readers on gender disparities or racial prejudices either during Shakespeare's time or now, but to create dialog, conflicting though it may be-that address questions around gender, identity, jealousy, control, dominance, domestic abuse, and racial divides." Deluxe numbered 1-10: designed by Mindy Belloff, includes a selection of original drawings hand painted in watercolor and gouache. Includes a larger LCD screen Video Card 3-1/2 x 5 inches, resolution 470 x 320, cinematic 8:44 minute video time capsule with USB port and accordion booklet of video credits letterpress printed. 11.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Hester . Emma . Sonia is a feminist reading of the three literary classics. The volume gives voice to the main female characters, Hester Prynne, Emma Bovary, and Sonia Marmeladov, and presents multiple voices in dialogue. The subtitle, Joni . Annie . Tracy, highlights contemporary singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox, Tracy Chapman and other favored musical artists including Janis Joplin, Etta James, Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Mary J. Blige, Laurie Anderson, and others, whose poetic lyrics provide commentary in the margins. Text of philosophers, writers, and poets such as Simone de Beauvoir, Virginia Woolf, Karen Horney, Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Blake, and Arthur Rimbaud, are incorporated into brilliant typographical designs, deconstructing the original narratives. A selection of text is in Latin, French, and Russian. Numerous reproductions of artworks: paintings, drawings, and photographs from earlier in the Artist's 40-year oeuvre, along with recent drawings and calligrams, adorn the pages. Additional references are made to contemporary issues including Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter protests. The three sections are abridged and combined into one volume, reframed to create a critical dialog in the 21st-century. The resulting layered narrative recontextualizes the stories, bringing additional voices to the fore." [artist statement]. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Standard edition aqua blue leather spine with letterpress printed paper cover boards, custom box in red cloth with unique center opening, printed and designed by Mindy Belloff, sewn and bound by Celine Lombardi. Small 4to. Limited edition of 32 (26 Standard; 6 Deluxe), signed by the artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Hester . Emma . Sonia is a feminist reading of the three literary classics. The volume gives voice to the main female characters, Hester Prynne, Emma Bovary, and Sonia Marmeladov, and presents multiple voices in dialogue. The subtitle, Joni . Annie . Tracy, highlights contemporary singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox, Tracy Chapman and other favored musical artists including Janis Joplin, Etta James, Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Mary J. Blige, Laurie Anderson, and others, whose poetic lyrics provide commentary in the margins. Text of philosophers, writers, and poets such as Simone de Beauvoir, Virginia Woolf, Karen Horney, Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Blake, and Arthur Rimbaud, are incorporated into brilliant typographical designs, deconstructing the original narratives. A selection of text is in Latin, French, and Russian. Numerous reproductions of artworks: paintings, drawings, and photographs from earlier in the Artist's 40-year oeuvre, along with recent drawings and calligrams, adorn the pages. Additional references are made to contemporary issues including Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter protests. The three sections are abridged and combined into one volume, reframed to create a critical dialog in the 21st-century. The resulting layered narrative recontextualizes the stories, bringing additional voices to the fore." [artist statement]. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Deluxe edition aqua blue full leather cover of Sokoto goat with red leather spine, black raven images foil-stamped, and gray leather onlay. Title foil-stamped on fine Cowley's vellum calfskin, sewn and bound by Celine Lombardi. Small 4to. Limited edition of 32 (26 Standard; 6 Deluxe), signed by the artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Hand blown glass egg with robin's egg blue & gold leaf by Kevin Shluker; Box crafted of holly & cherry woods by Rainer Facklam. "After four years of planning, Intima Press is proud to announce a new sculptural book edition. Noted poet Phillis Levin's delicate lament End of April is brought to life by artist Mindy Belloff. The viewer is lured by a custom cube crafted of fine holly & cherry woods. Upon opening the box, a precious book is found nested inside an elegantly hand blown glass egg which rests comfortably in one's hand. The miniature book, with poem letterpress printed on handmade papers, opens to reveal the beauty of nature and heartache of lost love." [Artist Statement]. Tight, bright, and unmarred; unmarred sculptural box. Pale blue paper wraps, hand blown glass egg, wooden box. 32mo (2.5x2"). Limited numbered edition, this being 5 of 25. Signed by the artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Text translation by David Oswald. Flat adhesive binding by Judith Ivry. "The vivid language of Rilke's Duino Elegies is uniquely revealed in the bold, elegant paintings of book artist Mindy Belloff. After reading the Elegies for many years, the artist meditated on one a month. Ten Reflections emerged from a visualization of the poet's words, which are interwoven throughout. Rilke's expressions of despair, love, fear, and solitude begins, "Who, if I cried out would hear me then." (from the artist). Tight, bright, and unmarred. Images from original gouache, ink, and pigment paintings (1997); digitally printed with archival pigmented inks on textured rag paper with handpainting; Leather spine; Indian paper covers with handpainting. 8vo. np. Illus. Numbered limited edition of 40. Signed by the artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Includes one hundred original drawings and approximately two hundred press runs. Cotton rag papers in ivory, tan, and white, made at St. Armand Paperie, Canada. Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates produced at Boxcar Press, NY. "A Contemporary Illumination The Minotaur short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, from Tanglewood Tales, 1853. Additional text includes quotes of Carl Jung and text from Lorem Ipsum. Mindy Belloff, artist, designer, printer, and publisher. Released May 2018, A Golden Thread is a new tour de force edition from Intima Press. This livre d'artiste focuses on the classic Greek tragedy of Theseus, the brave son of King Aegeus, who ventures into Daedalus' labyrinth with his sword at the ready, and a silken thread in hand held by the heroine, Ariadne, who awaits at the entrance to the maze. Composed of 100 original drawings, each page is meticulously designed and letterpress printed in multiple press runs with an elegant color palette. With inspiration from historic illuminated manuscripts, the pages in the first and third sections are adorned with hand drawn initial caps, ornate borders, and lively calligrams. A selection of the exquisite illustrations are hand painted with watercolor and gouache. Elegantly typeset in Adobe Garamond with additional type faces, the text comes alive, as it gradually becomes larger and more animated with each page, as Theseus bravely winds his way through the dreaded labyrinth to confront the bull-headed monster. The dynamic typographic designs of the middle section of the book become more frenzied and chaotic as the narrative describes the fight between the beast and the hero. The pages are printed on lush cotton rag papers with deckled fore edge. The story unfolds on ivory colored pages which darken to tan as our hero enters the mizmaze, and transitions to bright white as he emerges victorious. The St. Armand paper fibers are made of offcuts from the clothing industry (T-shirts, denim) and flax straw sourced from farms." Tight, bright, and unmarred. Endsheets letterpress printed, front and back uniquely illustrated; two gilt edges on head and tail in 23-karat gold, with cover design and label in gold foil on leather (gilded by Peter Geraty); hand sewn on linen tapes with cover in quarter leather Pergamena blue calf skin with white Canal paper, housed inside a gold cloth clamshell box with gold foil stamped leather label (bound by Celine Lombardi). Fo (14.75x11 ). 92pp [28 blank]. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition of 32, with 8 additional Deluxe Editions (with design bindings, additional loose copies of various prints, and foredge painting (this last is TBD).…

Broadside. Condition: Fine in Fine Portfolio. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Broadside. '"Setting the Declaration in type was enlightening in many ways, as my thoughts throughout the process were of Mary Katharine in her print shop during the cold month of January, not having 21st century amenities. I could not help but wonder how Mary Katharine must have felt being entrusted to print this stunning proclamation while setting each letter of the text 'all Men are created equal.' Therefore, on July 4th, 2010, I went to press on a second unambiguous edition proclaiming 'all People are created equal'," explained Mindy Belloff. "Mary Katharine was an incredibly brave woman for her time. By her actions, she was clearly a pioneer for women's rights and freedom of the press."' (Artist statement) In January 1777, Congress commissioned Goddard to print the Declaration for each of the 13 newly formed colonies. This was the first printing to reveal the names of its signers and the first titled the Unanimous Declaration. Goddard, Postmistress of Baltimore and publisher of a weekly newspaper, put herself at risk for treason by printing the document and adding her name at the bottom. To honor Goddard, an American pioneer, and our founding fathers, Intima Press created an accurate reproduction of Goddard's elegant two-column design of the Declaration, hand set over 7,000 characters in the original Caslon typeface, and printed on paper made specifically for the museum quality re-creation. She then went to press on a second unambiguous edition proclaiming 'all People are created equal' instead of 'all Men.' Introductory text by Harvard historian David Armitage with essay by historian Martha King, and by the Artist. The two pieces are available seperately for $1777 each. Bright and clean. Document 21x16" printed in 2-color black and brown; Essays 21x16" printed in blue and red; inside an archival paper folio; hand set in Caslon & letterpress printed on handmade cotton & linen paper (paper custom made by Katie MacGregor, Maine). Limited edition of 100 copies.…