Excavator-Barcelona-Excavador
1985-1988
44 pages, 28 x 20 cm
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instantprint, b&w xerox, Canon Laser copies,
rubber stamps, bought objects, 44 page softback book. 28 x 20 cm
Tilson exploited an early Canon copiers's depth of focus for the cover. For the title page he made an "E" from earth which he glued to paper and photocopied. The Excavator lettering was adapted from a Catalan newspaper still printed by letterpress.
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"There are hints at a story; seven murders have taken place and an archaeologist, Mr Emerson, is on the trail of the killer....He plays with the idea of an archaeologist digging through time - but with his horizons focused on solving the murder mystery - setting beside this the juxtapositions of his collages and making references to bogus systems and series which paradoy scientific investigations. It’s an Alice in Wonderland logic, in which the gaps play a crucial part. The more facts we think we have, the less we actually discover.
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Cathy Courtney - ART MONTHLY.
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exhibited at
1989
Jake Tilson, Stylt, Goteborg, Sweden.
1988
Royal Overseas League, London.
1986 Excavator Barcelona, The Nigel Greenwood Gallery.
The book appeared in:
1998 Artist/Author, Contemporary Artists' Books, USA touring the American Federation of Arts.
Artists Books, the Tate Gallery, London.
1994 Looking at Words Reading Pictures, London.
Artists Books, The Minories, Colchester.
1993 Work & Turn, tour.
Contemporary British Artists Books, Scarborough.
Contemporary British Artists Books, Hardware Gallery.
1989 British Artists Books , Arthur Anderson.
1988 Bound Image, Milton Keynes, Spacex, Nigel Greenwood, Artsite.
20 Years of British Art from the Sackner Archive, BASS Museum, Miami, Florida.
1987 British Artists Books, Center for the Book Arts, New York City.
New Artists Books, Galeri TV, Malmo, Sweden.
1986 British Art & Design, Vienna.
Artist as Publisher, Crafts Council, London.
Artists Books, University of Nevada, tour. |
appeared in these articles
2002
Undercover Magazine, Belgium.
1986
El Misterio, Atlas 2, I-D, Nov.
Clever & Its Art, Sarah Howell, Observer magazine p50.
Excavator Barcelona Excavador, Jane Withers, The Face Nov.
Jake's Thing, Abigail Frost, Crafts no82, p28-29.
Excavator, Nick Kimberley, City Limits Oct 30.
Excavator, Sarah Kent, Time Out Nov 5.
Excavator, Michael McNay, Guardian Oct 29th, p28.
Excavator, Cathy Courtney. Art Monthly no101 p28.
Tickets for the Mystery Tour, Marina Warner, The Independent Dec. 30.
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featured in these books
1988
20 Years of British Art, Sackner Archive, Miami, Florida.
Royal Overseas League, London.
Copyart Biennale, Valencia.
Bound Image, tour UK.
1987
Britsh Artists Books, Center for Book Arts, New York City.
New Artists Books, Galerie TV , Malmo.
1986
Artist as Publisher, Crafts Council, London. |
