Russell Maret, New York City, USA
Colored Objects, 2022-2023
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Translated by Charles Lock Eastlake
Interpreted by Russell Maret in multi-chromatic letterpress, set in his new ‘Rapid’ type, and printed on a variety of papers with a number of laser-cut parts (some of which move or can be moved) and 2 pairs of paper glasses with tinted lenses, all bound by him and Sarah Moody. Contained within a plexiglass slipcase.
Maret revels in the poetic approach to science by Goethe in his Theory of Colors and has produced a book in which ‘the phenomena Goethe describes are able to be experienced by readers as they page through the book’. Maret describes how to slow down the reading in order for the experiments described to be experienced he has set the text in an alphabet of capital letters that conveys a sense of Geothe’s declarative style and marries well with the highly graphic illustrations.
Edition of 75. 167 x 255 mm. Signed and numbered by Russell Maret.
£995 (plus P&P and insurance)
A Pattern Book of Cadiz Ornaments, 2020
Patterns made from 2 metal pieces engraved and cast by Ed Rayher at Swamp Press printed in multiple colours on a variety of vintage hand and mould made papers Housed in an acrylic slipcase.
Edition of roughly 90, 160 x 235mm.
£265 (plus P&P and insurance)
Roma Abstract, 2017
Russell Maret’s 'Roma Abstract' is the artist’s recreation of the alphabet into new geometric symbols, borrowing from Greek, Etruscan, and Roman alphabetical marks. Developed during his studies at the American Academy in Rome, Maret’s project began when he displayed his painting of a circle in his studio. Maret noted this work becoming typecast, repeatedly perceived by others as a letter ‘O’ due to his interest in typography. The artist decided to complete the alphabet, painting the other 25 characters onto wood. 'Roma Abstract' collects together these ‘monumental forms’, using translucent paper to give each letter a communal and layered dimension with the context of its neighbours.
60 pages, 400 x 300mm. Printed letterpress from photopolymer plates by Nancy Loeber. The paper is 30lb. Chartham Translucent, stab-sewn into black Plike covers.
Edition of 116. The book is housed in a frosted acrylic slipcase made by Canal Plastics.
Signed by the artist.
£470 (plus P&P and insurance)