Hatbox, 2011

Christine Tacq / The P's & Q's Press, Oxfordshire, UK

In ‘Hatbox’ Christine Tacq shows herself to be both bookmaker and social historian. The Women’s pages of a 1912 newspaper, together with a poster featuring a 1912 ‘hat trimming competition’ are plundered and combined to illustrate how a slight change in a hat shape or a letterform can convey a different meaning.

This small concertina book brings together events in the lives of twelve women either side of 1912. The text is from quotes of real women whose dreams of the future are expressed through access to printing and a choice of hat trimmings. The images combine print, collage and drawing.

Colour inkjet printed on Conqueror in a colour stamp-print labelled box. A/P. 

Signed by the artist.

SOLD