Isabelle Cordemans

widow  without whiskey bottles

Matanna Editions  #  3

€ 50.00

Isabelle Cordemans dedicates this  book to her late husband, Mark Babski. The works in the series “widow  without whiskey bottles” were made in the aftermath of this loss. They shouldn’t be read as a diary, but an atmosphere of mourning and absence transpires through these images of winter landscapes, empty rooms, and hands touching hands.

About Cordemans’ work Inge Henneman wrote: 

‘Counterpoint is core to her practice of putting disparate images together, watching to see which way the sparks fly. My response to this tactile work is more visceral than visual, with its painted hues of blues and browns, ink sweeps and pink tape. The photographic print functions merely as the raw material for a continuous process of remixing and sampling, rephotographing and reprinting. In this compound of photography and plasticity,  the readability of photographs is disrupted through optical confusion, technical experiments, manual interventions, and incessant reconfigurations through the act of reframing.

Cordemans turns photography against itself. Subverting its tendency to fix and freeze, creating a flow. Rejecting its flatness. Giving the image a skin, and depth.’

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PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Edition of 300 copies.

48 pages, 22 images.
Hardcover.
Book size: 17,5 x 24,5 cm
ISBN 97890 8094 4664

Book comes with a photograph, signed by author.
Archival Pigment Print with white border on Fine Art Paper by Innova.
Print size:  13,7 X 17,4 cm (image).
(Print comes without frame. For further information about framing, please contact us.)