Jessica Stockholder
ABC TASTE, The Perfect Guest
Valence, France: Captures éditions, 2010
56 pp., 26 x 24 cm., softcover
Edition of 1000
"ABC Taste is a playful rendering of the alphabet by an artist otherwise known for her work in sculpture and installation. A hole cut from the centre of the page reveals a constant disc of reds and yellows. Each page then develops a diverse set of relations to that central color, bringing a full range of playful gestures and colorful forms. Each page also lists in alphabetical order a short series of words loosely aligned under the category of taste. The range is not only unpretentious, it forces us to think imaginatively, drawing no boundaries between disparate terms (“kitsch, kick-ass and kindling”). The result is an experience that is both playful with form, and subtle in its challenging of codes.”
- publisher statement
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