Karen Kunc – Artist Statement

My artist book “O&” is a visually and structurally, playful work of folded and shaped pages, that allow for multiple juxtapositions of images, color, line, open space and shifting screens. Symbolic suggestions of wind swept spaces, fence structures and natural forces are part of the visual vocabulary and are tactile elements for a powerful graphic statement.

I am an artist who has found books to be a “fertile format."
I have used many book-making methods over the years in my own bookworks, some learned at workshops, other methods developed on my own or adapted. I often follow principles that recognize possibilities for display of the work, self-publication abilities, plus knowledge of book terminology, and print technology problems.
I am an advocate for the "experiential nature" of artist's books - that one experiences the work on many sensual and spatial levels.

Among the many reasons I make books is the recognition of the tactile qualities of work made for the hand, the control of pacing and the "reading/viewing" as an experience, an interest in story-telling, and strong, important historical and cultural associations.

For me, there is a love of materials as I make my book objects - an awareness of paper, ink, proportion, color, relationships, finish, detail, all parts to the whole, with evidence of craftsmanship; I am making an aesthetic object, even a beautiful one, as a carrier of important ideas.

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