Title:
Goldfinger
Ian Fleming
Jonathan Cape
Oxford 1959
Goldfinger
Ian Fleming
Jonathan Cape
Oxford 1959
Title:
The Arrogance of Power
Senator J William Fulbright
Vintage Books
New York 1966
The Arrogance of Power
Senator J William Fulbright
Vintage Books
New York 1966
Title:
Human Response To Tall Buildings
Donald J Conway
Dowden Hutchinson and Ross
USA 1977
Human Response To Tall Buildings
Donald J Conway
Dowden Hutchinson and Ross
USA 1977
Title:
The War's Best Photographs
Odhams Press
London 1941
The War's Best Photographs
Odhams Press
London 1941
Title:
A Look At My Life
Eileen Agar
Methuen
London 1988
A Look At My Life
Eileen Agar
Methuen
London 1988
Title:
View From A Long Chair
Jack Pritchard
Rouledge and Kegan Paul
London 1984
View From A Long Chair
Jack Pritchard
Rouledge and Kegan Paul
London 1984
Title:
Woman In Art
Dr Helen Rosenau
Isomorph Ltd
London 1944
Woman In Art
Dr Helen Rosenau
Isomorph Ltd
London 1944
Title:
Memoires 1886-1962
Amedee Ozenfant
Seghers
Paris 1968
Memoires 1886-1962
Amedee Ozenfant
Seghers
Paris 1968
Title:
Hungarian Cookery Book
Karoly Gundel
Corvina Press
Budapest 1976
Hungarian Cookery Book
Karoly Gundel
Corvina Press
Budapest 1976
Title:
Hope's Windows
Makers of Fine Windows 1818-1951
Henry Hope and Son
Birmingham 1951
Hope's Windows
Makers of Fine Windows 1818-1951
Henry Hope and Son
Birmingham 1951
Title:
Erno Goldfinger
Major Mata
Akademiai Kiado
Budapest 1973
Erno Goldfinger
Major Mata
Akademiai Kiado
Budapest 1973
Title:
Born Free
Joy Adamson
Collins and Harvill Press
London 1960
Born Free
Joy Adamson
Collins and Harvill Press
London 1960
Title:
Emerald and Nancy
Daphine Fielding
Eyre and Spottiswoode
London 1968
Emerald and Nancy
Daphine Fielding
Eyre and Spottiswoode
London 1968
Title:
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Translated by Sir Richard Burton
and F F Arbuthnot 1963
George Allen and Unwin Ltd
Great Britain 1963
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Translated by Sir Richard Burton
and F F Arbuthnot 1963
George Allen and Unwin Ltd
Great Britain 1963
Title:
Paris
Martin Hurlimann
Thames and Hudson and Atlantis Verlag
Great Britain 1957
Paris
Martin Hurlimann
Thames and Hudson and Atlantis Verlag
Great Britain 1957
Title:
A Girl Like I
Anita Loos
Hamish Hamilton
London 1967
A Girl Like I
Anita Loos
Hamish Hamilton
London 1967
Title:
Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia
Margit Rowell and Angelica Zander Rudenstine
Selections from George Costakis Collection
New York 1981
Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia
Margit Rowell and Angelica Zander Rudenstine
Selections from George Costakis Collection
New York 1981
Title:
Sex and the Office
Helen Gurley Brown
Author of 'Sex and the single girl'
USA 1964
Sex and the Office
Helen Gurley Brown
Author of 'Sex and the single girl'
USA 1964
Title:
Victor Vasarely
Marcel Joray
Editions du Griffon Neuchlatel-Suisse
Switzerland 1965
Victor Vasarely
Marcel Joray
Editions du Griffon Neuchlatel-Suisse
Switzerland 1965
Title:
Crimson Ramblers Of The World, Farewell
Jessamyn West
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
New York 1970
Crimson Ramblers Of The World, Farewell
Jessamyn West
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
New York 1970
Title:
From Your friends in Norway
J W Eides Forlag
Bergen
Norway 1946
From Your friends in Norway
J W Eides Forlag
Bergen
Norway 1946
Title:
Kitsch - An Anthology of Bad Taste
Gillo Dorfles
Studio Vista
London 1969
Kitsch - An Anthology of Bad Taste
Gillo Dorfles
Studio Vista
London 1969
STATEMENT
2 Willow Road was a winner of the Jerwood Photography Award 2003. The series concerns magnified bookedges, taken from the library at The National Trust property, 2 Willow Road in Hampstead, London. This modernist house, owned and built originally by Austro-Hungarian architect Ernö Goldfinger in 1939, reflects a treasure trove of 20th century art, history and culture.
The images form an alternative portrait of the private, but now public lives of Goldfinger and his wife, artist Ursula Blackwell, since their deaths in 1987 and 1991. Their interconnecting careers of architecture and art are revealed in this fascinating amalgam of reading material, which ranges from anthropology to literature, politics and sociology, in fact all aspects of contemporary life. By exposing the edges of the paper of chosen books, one is reminded of the everyday human interaction we have with the written word and the paper on which it is printed. There is symbolic meaning behind what we choose to read, keep and share with others. As a former Willow Road guide, I was able to piece together traces of history about the loves of the Goldfinger's through the book's titles, but it was only through exploration and exposure of the unseen edges that we can discover the assembled paths of knowledge that have been consumed. The beauty in the form is clear, with it's subtly-defined linear abstraction. A new, non-conventional narrative is formed, reconstructing past relationships and encounters through ghost traces amongst the bruised paper edges. The titles of the books, such as Human Responses to Tall Buildings, Kitsch, or A Girl like I, can be juxtapositioned against The War's Best photographs, Born Free, and Goldfinger (Ian Fleming) revealing the Goldfinger narrative from a different perspective.
2 Willow Road was a winner of the Jerwood Photography Award 2003. The series concerns magnified bookedges, taken from the library at The National Trust property, 2 Willow Road in Hampstead, London. This modernist house, owned and built originally by Austro-Hungarian architect Ernö Goldfinger in 1939, reflects a treasure trove of 20th century art, history and culture.
The images form an alternative portrait of the private, but now public lives of Goldfinger and his wife, artist Ursula Blackwell, since their deaths in 1987 and 1991. Their interconnecting careers of architecture and art are revealed in this fascinating amalgam of reading material, which ranges from anthropology to literature, politics and sociology, in fact all aspects of contemporary life. By exposing the edges of the paper of chosen books, one is reminded of the everyday human interaction we have with the written word and the paper on which it is printed. There is symbolic meaning behind what we choose to read, keep and share with others. As a former Willow Road guide, I was able to piece together traces of history about the loves of the Goldfinger's through the book's titles, but it was only through exploration and exposure of the unseen edges that we can discover the assembled paths of knowledge that have been consumed. The beauty in the form is clear, with it's subtly-defined linear abstraction. A new, non-conventional narrative is formed, reconstructing past relationships and encounters through ghost traces amongst the bruised paper edges. The titles of the books, such as Human Responses to Tall Buildings, Kitsch, or A Girl like I, can be juxtapositioned against The War's Best photographs, Born Free, and Goldfinger (Ian Fleming) revealing the Goldfinger narrative from a different perspective.
PRINT INFORMATION
Edition 20 + 1 A/P. Durst Lambda Fuji Archival Print. Print size 1: 594 x 420mm. Edition 12 Print size 2: 841 x 594mm. Edition 5 Print size 3: 1189 x 841mm. Edition 3 |
All artwork and images © Veronica Bailey 2024.