Mutually Exclusive.
(Iowa City): Naughty Dog Press, 2002. Five folding wallets, each of which uses a Jacob’s ladder format that allows it to open either from the left or right side. On the internal panels of each wallet Emily Martin has printed opposing statements—”I am a patriot/You are a traitor,” “You have no standards/I am not judgmental”—as a means of reckoning with the glut of reports, emotions, and opinions that rise after a major news event, and particularly at the time of publication in the aftermath of 9/11. Martin explores, and thus challenges, the competing paradoxes and polarities that arise in response to such moments, bringing a critical gaze to the whitewashing of ideologies, intolerances, and alienations. Each wallet literally hinges on a me/you paradigm. Behind each she sublimates anxious and reactive text and, further back, common opposites like straight/crooked, light/dark, and good/evil.
16mo. One of 50 copies, signed and numbered. Housed in a tri-fold cloth-covered portfolio with spine label. Fine. Item #31261
Price: $650.00