Good Morning New York: The Rita Ackermann Purple Book co-published with Janvier

Language: English

Published by Purple Institute, Paris, 2006

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Large quarto Saddle-stitched glossy wrappers 64 pages Artist's Book produced for Purple Fashion Magazine Issue No. 6 (Fall/Winter2006–2007) edited by Olivier Zahm A vivid artist-book style supplement presenting the fiercely expressive drawings, collages, and painterly fragments of New York-based artist Rita Ackermann. Produced for the influential Paris fashion and culture magazine Purple, the publication channels the raw immediacy of Ackermann's sketchbooks-layered figures, diaristic marks, and emotionally charged images of girls and women that blur the line between vulnerability, rebellion, and performance. Ackermann emerged in the 1990s downtown New York art scene, where her work became synonymous with a new visual language of female subjectivity and youth culture. Her drawings, often loose, fragmentary, and psychologically charged, capture a generation shaped by nightlife, fashion imagery, music, and the improvisational energy of the city. Good Morning New York embodies the moment when contemporary painting, underground publishing, and avant-garde fashion culture intersected, reflecting Purple magazine's unique role as a platform where artists, models, photographers, and designers shared the same visual terrain. An evocative artifact of the 2000s New York-Paris art and fashion nexus, and a compelling collectible for admirers of Ackermann's early work and experimental magazine publishing. Issued during a particularly influential period for Purple, the supplement reflects the magazine's unique intersection of contemporary art, fashion photography, and underground culture, making it a desirable crossover piece for collectors of artist books, fashion publishing, and early works by Ackermann. An evocative document of the mid-2000s New York-Paris creative milieu and example of the experimental publishing projects surrounding Purple Fashion.

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Title
Good Morning New York: The Rita Ackermann Purple Book co-published with Janvier
Author
Rita Ackermann
Publisher
Purple Institute, Paris
Publication year
2006
Condition
Near fine
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition, Special Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Dimensions
21 centimeters width by 28 centimeters height by 0 centimeters depth

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NOISE MATTERs Books offers a curated selection of rare and collectible 19th & 20th Century Modern & Contemporary Arts & Culture books, journals, artists' books, ephemera and limited editions. Based in NYC, we bring over three decades of experience in the art world as a gallerist, art historian and art advisers with expertise in Art, Photography, Architecture & Design, Fashion, Cinema, Propaganda & Countercultural materials, Contemporary Arts ephemera, and Limited edition prints & posters.

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