[10] leaves of plates chiefly illustrated (some color) boxed plates 50 x 33 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books
Place:
South Africa
Date:
2011
Notes:
i-jusi Portfolio Number 2 artists were "selected from submissions for ijusi #26: Afrika Typografika III issue, to explore ideas where lettering and typography are integral to the image in the context of the 'African experience'. "-- Title page
The i-jusi experimental graphics magazine was created shortly after South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, and posed the quesiton "What amkes me African - and what does that look like?"
The portfolio consists of 10 lithographs in a hand made box. All lithographs in the portfolio are 325 x 500mm printed on 250g Rives BFK. The printing process used is offset lithography using UV stable inks. The portfolio boxes are hand made and covered with Egyptian linen book cloth. The portfolio is limited to fifty copies numbered 1/50-50/50, with Artists Proofs numbered H.C. I/XII-X/XII and two Publisher's Proofs numbered XI/XII-XII/XII, one Archive Impression numbered A.I. I/I and one Printers Proof numbered P.P. I/I. Each print is signed by the individual artist
AFA copy 39088016283889 is a gift from Janet Stanley
AFA copy is no. 20 of a limited edition of 50
Contents:
The selected artists are Roger Balen, Jonathan Barnbrook, Willem Boshoff, David Goldblatt, Warwick Kay, William Kentridge, Michael MacGarry, Sne Mtetwa, Stefan Sagmeister, and Guy Tillim
