~CINDERS: STO LEN & KELIE BOWMAN . . NYABF17
HIGHLIGHTS of the . . NEW YORK ART BOOK FAIR 2017
STO LEN, holding up one of KELIE BOWMAN’s machine-sewn / book-like . . puzzle / gatherings of actual unique artwork.
you can see his own marbled ‘Tsunaminagashi’ unique print, taken from a toxic water surface . . to the left, and those are other (multiple small edition) prints by Kelie, directly behind him.
KELIE BOWMAN, one of her folding books of unique parcels, of her ‘mural’ artwork.
one-of-kind editions, they were going for about $70 ea. depending on the size – they each varied slightly in size and shape.
kind-of-pocket . . kaleidoscopes. even though the visuals were very different from Sto’s works, and so most importatly was the process . . there was definite a visual rhythmn, song, or dialog going on, between their work, in the greater scheme of things.
brother & sister . . ‘swirls-from-another-mother’.
KELIE BOWMAN, folding down. very kinetic, in a super quiet way. nice.
KELIE BOWMAN, all folded up. small, but expansive, lol.
packed a BIG PUNCH, for a little package. lots of fun to play with. 3D !!!!
STO also had package assortments of his work, also priced in the $70 range / or there abouts depending on size.
it was a super nice way to flip – through some of his images, which were on strong paper / unique prints – not reproduced pages in a book.
there were even some mini !! book-like packages !!
I think these were priced around $35.
so fun. yet, serious. and most def: 3D !!
little . . ‘museums’ of the hand.
small package – big wallop.
both artists’ works – were ultimately about: INFINITY.
and the pattern . . of NON-PATTERN.
endlessly fascinating, and something to wonder about . . forever.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH