Five Poems / Five Paintings

Published by Granary Books, 2003

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5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., 12 pp., folding structure wrappers, envelope."When I went to visit John's loft last Thanksgiving I noticed some brown construction paper was covering his beautiful windows and that a star was sitting on the floor. In one corner was a nest of tissue, crumpled up with pieces of mirror nestled in the folds. There is nothing I like better than looking sometimes. Dazzled by art and friendship."-Rodney Phillips, "Playground"Five Poems/Five Paintings is a collaboration between Rodney Phillips and John Jurayj. Phillips's unadorned free-verse lays bare a later-day New York School sensibility and unassuming lyricism. These poems transfigure the everyday like letters home, lending small occurrences significance simply because they have been noted and written around. Each poem is accompanied by its visual twin: paintings by John Jurayj, executed with a delicacy usually reserved for lighter material- watercolor or gouache. The interplay of verbal and visual is apparent in content as well as form. The poems by were written in 2000 and 2001. The original paintings were created in 1999 and 2000; they measure 30 x 30 ft. and are made of caseine and graphite on linen. The design for 5 Poems/5 Paintings was created by Tim Convery and refined by Inge Bruggeman, who printed the work at Textura Letterpress in Portland, Oregon, during the autumn of 2002. The text is printed letterpress on Zerkall Book, and the images were reproduced via Canon Lasercopier. This is from an edition of 150 copies, of which 100 are for sale; each signed, in a pink translucent envelope. As new.…

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Title
Five Poems / Five Paintings
Author
Phillips, Rodney and John Jurayj
Publisher
Granary Books
Publication year
2003
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Binding
Soft cover
Seller catalogs
Artists' Books, Granary Limited Publications, Granary Publications All, Poet/Artist Collaborations

Granary Books

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Publisher and rare book dealer in poetry, artists' books, and archives. View more on our website at www.granarybooks.com.

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1960s to 1980s, small presses, artists' books, little magazines, poetry

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Granary Books, Inc.

168 Mercer St. #2
New York, NY U.S.A. 10012

For over thirty-five years, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers to investigate verbal/visual relations in the time-honored spirit of independent publishing. Our mission to produce, promote, document, and theorize new works exploring the intersection of word, image, and page has earned Granary Books a reputation as one of the most unique and significant small publishers operating today.

Our project has been strengthened by our involvement in the organization, preservation, and sale of archives, manuscripts, and rare books by important contemporary writers and artists. While publishing remains central to Granary's purpose, we are also deeply involved with a widespread and local community of writers, poets, and artists. For years Granary occupied a gallery space in SoHo, hosting countless public events, lectures, and readings while curating exhibits related to books, book art, poetry, and writing. Now, from headquarters on Mercer Street, recent projects include Threads Talks Series, a book with audio recordings available on Penn Sound;From a Secret Location, a digital repository of little magazines, small presses, and other materials from the mimeo area; and continued involvement in exhibitions and publishing.

We believe that Granary's publishing, preservation, and community outreach has significant long-term implications for the fields of writing and book art. Since the mid-nineties, Granary has sought to produce, promote, and contextualize scholarship investigating an emerging history of small press publishing, poetry, and artists books. Many of the books we have produced in this vein, including Johanna Drucker's essential The Century of Artists Books, Jerome Rothenberg and Steve Clay's A Book of the Book: Some Works & Projections About the Book & Writing, and Steve Clay and Rodney Phillips's A Secret Location on the Lower East Side are now being used as textbooks at the college level, further opening and legitimizing the field for a new generation of scholars and practitioners.

Granary Books remains committed to publishing innovative written and visual work, observing progressive scholarship, and supporting adventurous bookmaking while exploring the relationships between seeing and reading, reading and seeking.