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Normana Wight
artist’s book
The Book of Bitzer Fragments (1990)

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]image to come[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]‘Bitzer’ was one of the artist’s favourite companions as a young child. As he worn appearance and loss of on ‘button-eye’ attests, he was much loved. Handed-down to the artist’s brother, Jamie, to whom the book is dedicated, ‘Bitzer’ acquired a knitted jacket to help keep him together. In 1989 while preparing for an exhibition at this gallery, ‘Bitzer’ re-emerged.
Photocopied images from watercolours and drawings made for book. Printed on Japanese paper. 25pp, unpaginated; 21 x 30 cm. Edition of 20
Published by the artist[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ref:
Grahame, Noreen (ed.), 1991, Artists’ Books – The Catalogue, grahame galleries + editions, Brisbane. p. 40

Exhibited:
1991 Artists’ Books exhibition, grahame galleries + editions
1999 Bernheim Invite l’Australie, Artists’ books exhibition the Centre for the Artist Book, Bernheim Bibliotheque, New Caledonia
2009 Posted, grahame galleries + editions, 2009
2017 & So… Artists’ Books from the Centre for Artists’ Books,Queensland College of Art Library, Griffith University

Collections:
State Library of Queensland
National Gallery of Australia
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