Unique forms of continuity in space

Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, Coracle, 2020.

Artist Books

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36 unnumbered pages

color illustrations

18 cm

Environmental Design Library

Artist's book; case bound in green cloth, embossed with a geometric design; illustrated paper panel laid on front cover with title stamped in black.
Edition of 200 numbered copies.
Maud Cotter's original waterbottle sculptures included a set of 12 bottles turned into a single work under the name "Unique forms of continuity in space one-twelve" and made from rubber, prestia plaster in 2018-2019.
"The work explores material reality as one of compliance and contradiction, one in which no rule applies. In this world of upheaval, lies an endless range of evolving possibilities which can become manifest visually through the enactment of will within the agency of matter." -- From Maud Cotter's artist statement on her website, http://maudcotter.com/vita-statement/.
"A collaboration surrounding Maud Cotter's altered hotwater bottle sculptures, referring in turn to the dynamic of Boccioni's work of the same title. ... casebound picnic paper over boards, with embossed cover image, and seven tipped-in images of the series, and a facsimile of the 20 cent euro coin holding an image of the futurist piece."--Publisher's description.
"The 1913 sculpture Unique forms of continuity in space by the Futurist Umberto Boccioni has a varied genesis ... The work itself was clearly most influenced by The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called Nike of Samothrace ... When Filippo Tommaso Marinetti issued his Futurist Manifesto in 1909, he chose to contrast his movement with the seemingly defunct artistic sentiments of the Winged Victory: "a racing car, rushing over explosives, is more beautiful than The Winged Victory of Samothrace ... It is also perhaps in the same vein that the images of split hot water bottles with burgeoning plaster inserts run parallel to the products of a sports and shoe company named after the Greek goddess [Nike] herself. In the manner of such stylistically improbable pairings, initiated by the futurists with their manifesto, why not also these reconstructed hot-water bottles of Maud Cotter becoming pillows and purses, and which at their source and to this day are still called 'mezzo-maritos' in Italy - half husbands!" -- Accompanying text at end.

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