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Michael Schlitz
1967 Melbourne
Les Sons of History (2007)
$1,650.00
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prints
artists’ books / books by artists
multiples
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The history of Schlitz’s ‘sons’ is told in 10 ‘chapters’ accompanied by his tightly cut woodblocks. We follow their history making from the first image ‘every mothers son’ followed by ‘swampman of the desert’, ‘explorers dream’ and ‘man on horizon’. They are hopeful searchers. But then comes ‘fear of an edge’ and ‘within the heart of another mans past’ and others on to ‘momento mori’.
les sons of history reflects all the hope and angst of those who make and those who wish to make history. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
Woodblock titles
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]1 every mothers son
2 swampman in the desert
3 explorers dream
4 man on horizon
5 fear of an edge[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]6 within the heart of another mans past
7 landscape within
8 dysfunctional lovers
9 a cutting
10 momento mori[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published for the exhibition Lessons in History Vol. 1 at grahame galleries + editions in 2007.
Published by grahame galleries + editions
28 x 48.5 cm. Bound by Fred Pohlmann.
Edition of 10 + 2 ap.
$1,650.00
contact[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Exhibited:
2007 Lessons in History Vol. I, grahame galleries + editions
2007 Martin Hansen Award, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum
2008 16th Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), Artists’ Books from the Centre for Artists’ Books
2015 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Artists’ Books from the Centre for Artists’ Book
2017 & So… Artists’ Books from the Centre for Artists’ Books, Queensland College of Art Library
Awards:
2007 Martin Hanson Award, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum
Collections:
State Library of Queensland
Carlton College Library, Minnesota, USA
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum
Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Centre for the Artist Book
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