Delirium. by [Korf, Kumi] Bhisham Bherwani - 2014.

Ithaca, New York:: Olive Branch Press,, 2014.. Edition of 10. Four 31 x 19" prints folded to form four sections of 8 pages, 7.75 x 9.5". Each section slips into an accordion binding. Colophon constitutes the end page. Intaglio prints. Letterpress on Japanese paper. Laid in 10.5 x 10.5" cloth-covered lidded box with title on cover. Numbered. Signed by the poet and artist. Delirium" is a collaboration between artist Kumi Korf and poet Bhisham Bherwani. The four prints were originally hang-on-the=wall art, which Korf cut and folded.  Kumi Korf: "The title is from a poem by Bhisham Bherwani. Four intaglio prints were created for this project. Each print was folded to make a book, and the poet has this to say: "Nature has been a perennial, inexhaustible mother lode for poets from Virgil to Robert Frost. I was under the spell of Japanese Haiku masters and of American imagist and symbolist poets such as Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and William Carlos Williams when I composed 'Delirium.' The poem traces recurring cycles in nature, such as those of life, from birth to death, and of seasons, from spring to winter. 'Delirium,' a sequence of twelve segments propelled by such passages of life and time, found a natural counterpoint in Kumi's sensibility, in her visual aesthetic that embodies both precision and mystery." Rebecca Rafferty, The Visual Artworker, July 24, 2014: "Kumi's prints are biomorphic abstractions - gentle curves and attractive color which she develops intuitively in series - one thing leads to another. Her art creates a field for a poem written by Bhisham Bherwani." Cavankerry Press: "Bhisham Bherwani studied Fine Arts at New England College. He is also a graduate of New York University and Cornell University, and the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, New England College, and The Frost Place, as well as a residency fellowship at the Constance Saltonstall Foundation. He was born in Bombay, India; he lives in New York City.