The Islanders, an Introduction

Avery, Charles

Published by Co-Published by Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art and Koenig Publishing, London, 2008, 1st edition. Published to mark an exhibition of the same name which ran at the Parasol Unit, the Scottich National Gallery and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam between 2008 and 2009. Grey leatherette boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board. Gilt image of two interconnected headless four legged creature to front board, no dustwrapper. 12.5ins x 9ins, endpapers as imaginary circular maps, 164pp. Illustrated throughout by Charles Avery. "In 2004 the Scottish artist Charles Avery embarked on creating a number of texts, drawings, installations and sculptures to describe the topology and cosmology of an imaginary island." This book co

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Co-Published by Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art and Koenig Publishing, London, 2008, 1st edition. Published to mark an exhibition of the same name which ran at the Parasol Unit, the Scottich National Gallery and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam between 2008 and 2009. Grey leatherette boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board. Gilt image of two interconnected headless four legged creature to front board, no dustwrapper. 12.5ins x 9ins, endpapers as imaginary circular maps, 164pp. Illustrated throughout by Charles Avery. "In 2004 the Scottish artist Charles Avery embarked on creating a number of texts, drawings, installations and sculptures to describe the topology and cosmology of an imaginary island." This book contains a comprehensive presentation of the work created by 2008 plus a Topology by Nicholas Bourriaud and an interview with Charles Avery by Tom Morton. A VG copy of a very unusual (and fairly scarce) book.

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