Kris Martin | Idiot

Kris Martin
Idiot
Aspen, US: Aspen Art Press, 2009
1496 pp., 11.4 x 3.8 x 14.6 cm., imitation leather
Edition size unknown

Belgian artist Kris Martin dedicated himself to the task of transcribing - by hand - the entirety of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1869 novel The Idiot, every day for five months. Martin substitutes his own name for the protagonist Prince Myshkin, who had been exiled at a Swiss sanatorium for the treatment of his epilepsy who returns to Russia to collect his substantial inheritance.

Available for Amazon, here, for $15.00 US.

Kris Martin | Mandi

Kris Martin
Mandi II
2002
33 x 24 x 13.3 cm
Altered Solari flap clock.
Edition of 5 signed copies.



Kris Martin

Mandi lll
2003
160 x 454 x 20 cm
Altered airport information board.

Kris Martin | Idiot

Kris Martin
Idiot
Aspen, US: Aspen Art Press, 2009
1496 pp., 11.4 x 3.8 x 14.6 cm., imitation leather

Belgian artist Kris Martin has transcribed, by hand, the entirety of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1869 novel The Idiot, substituting his own name for that of the book’s protagonist Myshkin.

I got my copy from Amazon.com for little over ten dollars, so I'm not sure why this reseller has it listed for $666.39.