A photograph of a cream colored paperback book with eyelet binding and a sheer black ribbon attached to the cover. The material of the book appears to be a textured card stock with the title "Material Dreams" embossed on the front. One book is standing up on three of the same books.

Open paperback book with a textured beige cover, tied with a black ribbon, opened to abstract painted pages in earthy browns, blues, and whites.

Material Dreams

Description

With explorations of fabric as material in a variety of media, this exhibition catalogue features work by artists Han Feng, Ava Gerber, Jim Hodges, Beverly Semmes, and John Swanger. Curator Lynn Gumpert writes that these artists are connected by an “interest in the ethereality of fabric, a quality they exploit to create dreamlike, haunting artworks.”

Presented in the form of an artists’ book, Material Dreams was carefully designed with several different papers, textured cardstock wrappers, a riveted binding, and a ribbon closure. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Material Dreams, presented at Takashimaya Gallery in 1995.

Published 1995 by The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Softcover, 77 pages / color

Essays: Lynn Gumpert and Richard Martin
Designed by Takaaki Matsumoto

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