artists' books — beth uzwiak

A WOMAN’S CENTURY

Artist’s book | one of a kind.

A critical reflection about the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 made for an exhibition at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Using the corset as a launch point, it examines enslavement, industrial labor and cotton manufacturing, state orchestrated Indigenous genocide, and the rhetoric of nation-building and “progress".

Watercolor, acrylic, pencil, embroidery

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NIGHTS AT THE CIRCUS

Artist’s book, using pages from Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood.

Part of a larger collaboration / installation with Elysa Voshell exploring marginality & joyful deviance through the lens of the circus.

Screen prints, watercolor, thread, ink.

Exhibited at University City Arts League in Philadelphia, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art and Towson University.

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METASTASIS

Artist’s book | one of a kind.

In remembrance of Gloria Casarez.

Pencil, ink, thread, x-rays.

Exhibited at Hahnemann University as part of a juried show entitled Stretching the Spine: Artist's Books on Health and Healing and at The Arts Center in Corvallis, Oregon as part of the exhibit Un-Speak-Able.

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LADIES’ STYLISH WAISTS

Artist’s book | one of a kind.

Watercolor, photo transfer, collage.

Through the boustrophedron (how the ox plows) structure of the book, collaged and transferred images of corseted women from a vintage Sears’ catalogue are juxtaposed with a large watercolor rendition of a human spine.

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ADORATION

Artist’s book | one of a kind.

Photographs taken during semana santa in Guatemala.

Exhibited as part of Personal Universal, a collective exhibit of women photographers.