Altogether Leandro Katz published 15 artists‘ books, including Self Hipnosis of 1975, „which includes an almost mesmerizing repeated image that changes subtly, together with a text and quotations relating to Situationism.”[1]
„The photographs for this piece were taken in a period of thirty-six seconds during a trip to the island of Curacao, where Papiamento – a tropicalization of cold-weather languages – is spoken. There I read the work of Sylvanus G. Morley, whose obsession with the American past I swear made me scribble Mayan numerals in my sleep off the ground and into the night very possibly after a cabalistic formula to be used the next evening in the local roulette. […] “ (L.K.)
Künstlerbuch | Artists‘ book: Leandro Katz. Self Hipnosis
- Vipers Tongue Books, New York 1975
- Softcover
- 24 sheets, Black and White Ill.
- 20 x 24 cm
- out of stock
[1] Clive Phillpot, Booktrek. Selected Essays on Artists’ Books (1972-2010), Zürich 2013, p155.
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