Xavier Meade (2 results)

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Relié, cartonnage toilé éditeur sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs, nombreuses illustrations couleurs, 315 pages. Coiffes de la jaquette légèrement frottées, intérieur bon.

Oblong 4to (32,2 x 23,2 cm), loose as issued in publisher's folder. First edition. Interaction between text and photography, reflecting a tumultuous period of Mexican history through Xavier Meade's perspective. 36 color offsets printed recto-verso. In a documentary-like approach, Optica shows a fragmented reality. Photographs captured in urban spaces and rural territories create a visual language where images are transformed into images of thought. Texts by Carlosol Meade and Hastatrás Denada address death, ecology, workers' rights, and state violence. The avant-garde layout features bright color highlights and subtly references indigenous traditions through numbering plates in Mayan numerals composed of dots and bars. From the edition limited to 500 copies. One of the few copies signed by Xavier Meade in ink and pencil. According to the artist, no more than 5 copies were made. A condition report and additional images are available on request.