[artbooks] A new artist book by Tommaso Durante with poems by Chris Wallace-Crabbe


Skin, Surfaces and Shadows is the new artist book in limited edition  
by Tommaso Durante. It has a triptych structure with text by the  
leading Australian poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe.

Skin, Surfaces and Shadows was created by Tommaso Durante in 2004  
during his stay in Bundanon (gifted to the Australian people by  
Arthur & Yvonne Boyd - South East Australia) as international artist  
in residence and it was enriched during the artist’s stay in Broome  
(Western Australia) in 2005. On that occasion he collected the raw  
materials that were subsequently wrought to develop the actual  
bookwork. The images of the sections Skin and Shadows come from the  
Bundanon environment and the shores of the Shoalhaven River, while  
the section Surfaces is from Broome.

On the edge of the artistic practice and philosophical inspiration,  
Skin, Surfaces and Shadows transgresses the limits by pushing the  
boundaries of art, craft and design and by combining digital  
technologies with traditional techniques and materials.

  With the wrought images and design of the artist and the sculptured  
words of the poet, Skin, Surfaces and Shadows tries to explore the  
surfaces of things and the figurative dividing line of the shadow,  
with no fear to run the risk of beauty as a side effect.

Once again a journey for the artist, but this time less  
autobiographical than the previous Terra Australis and more  
philosophical, inspirational and thoughtful.

The finely crafted and visually stimulating bookwork was designed by  
Tommaso Durante and set in digital typefaces Utopia STD Display and  
Frutiger. Printed by Brian Gilkes at Pharos Editions with 8 inkjet  
colour pigments on Somerset Book White 175gsm. Bound by George  
Matoulas. Cover embossed on Rives BFK 250gsm and dust jacket with  
blind embossing by the artist. Dimensions: 26 cm x 21 cm x 2.5 cm  
with 80 pages in limited edition of 25 copies for sale plus 6  
artists’ proofs, all signed and numbered by the artist and the poet.  
Text is in English.

Enquires can be addressed to: Tommaso Durante, 20 Somers Road,  
Warrandyte, VIC 3113, Australia - tdurante at bigpond.net.au



  
  
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