Uta Barth: To Draw with Light, Blind Spot Series 03

Barth, Uta; Paul Soto

ISBN 10: 0983998930 / ISBN 13: 9780983998938

Published by Photo-Based Art/Blind Spot, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2012

About this Item

SIGNED. First edition, first printing. NEW hardcover in slipcase in the publisher's shrink wrap opened to confirm edition; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The third book in a series by Blind Spot of limited-run artist's books that present concise suites of images from single bodies of work by important contemporary artist-photographers. Includes work from the photographer's series "…and to draw a bright white line with light" along with images from "Compositions of Light on White," and a new series created specifically for the book. Photographs by Uta Barth; essay by Paul Soto. SIGNED BY BARTH on the title page. From an unnumbered edition limited to 1000 copies. 96 pages with 2 gatefolds; 46 color plates + text illustrations; 12 x 10.75 inches. Biography, exhibition history, bibliography. There was an edition of 100 signed and numbered copies that came with a print and a slipcase. This copy arrived in the publisher's shrink wrap, already signed by the artist and in a slipcase but is not numbered and does not include a print so it is believed to be a copy out-of-series.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uta Barth: To Draw with Light, Blind Spot Series 03
• Publisher: Photo-Based Art/Blind Spot, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0983998930
• ISBN 13: 9780983998938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

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Synopsis

In 2011, Blind Spot magazine launched Blind Spot Series, publishing small-format, limited-run artist’s books that present concise suites of images from single bodies of work by important contemporary artist-photographers. The newest in this series is Los Angeles–based Uta Barth’s stunning To Draw with Light, featuring 46 color photographs from the acclaimed . . . and to draw a bright white line with light and Compositions of Light on White series (recently exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1301PE in Los Angeles and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York) alongside new works created specifically for the book. According to essayist Paul Soto’s recent review in Art in America, these works are especially remarkable because they include, for the first time, traces of the artist’s body as she arranges the elements within her photographs--the gauzy curtains in front of her sundrenched windowsill, or the light which projects through her window blinds to create floating geometric monochromes upon her closet doors.

Review

Barth is not simply observing the changing light, she’s manipulating it, altering the flow of what appears to be a meandering river or path. Barth may be a minimalist, but her work is as ravishing as it is restrained, and never without sensuality. (Vince Aletti Photograph Magazine)