Studies for Studies.

Rosendale, New York:: Women's Studio Workshop / KaKe Art,, 2017.. Edition of 45. Fold out cover containing three items: book (80 unnumbered pages, 21 cm); booklet (16 unnumbered pages, color illustrations, 17 cm, stitched pamphlet); folded sheet (both sides, color illustrations; 42 x 59 cm folded to 14 x 12 cm). Papers: Gmund Bier, Gmund Action, Gmund Treasury, Marlmarque, Masa, French Papers. Printing methods: Laser print, photocopy, silkscreen. Typefaces: Fournier, Futura. Text by Max Porter and an essay written with Alex Bildsoe. Book design by Catrin Morgan. WSW: "St. Jerome is associated with kindness (removing a thorn from a lion's paw) and scholarship (translating the Bible into Latin). The studies found in paintings depicting St. Jerome are open to incursions from the natural world-they are neither outside nor inside and appear temporary, as though waiting to be folded up and taken away. 'Studies for Studies' is an exploration of Renaissance depictions of St. Jerome which expands on the idea of translation as an artistic exercise.  "The book has three sections: 'Typologies' considers the necessary elements for building a study for St. Jerome, 'A Study' is a split format essay which examines the studies in detail, and 'Studies' is a series of isomorphic translations of paintings with written responses from Max Porter."  Catrin Morgan's Interior Studies, Kathryn Scudier (WSW): "Renaissance Christian historical and biblical paintings depart from medieval portraiture of holy figures found in older works and altarpieces. Studies for Studies traces this added embellishment and architecture, focusing on the provisional room in which the saint performs his translation. …  "Saint Jerome's studies are framed in the language of a book with walls folding in on the spine. Time passes with each turn of a page and throws Saint Jerome and his belongings about. Though the paintings' artists attempted to substantiate a moment in the life of a saint, the walls which hold him swing, diminish, tessellate, then disappear across the book's spreads. Windows slide across the room and grow into archways. The study closes along its invisible binding and opens again in an unrecognizable form.  "When we open Studies for Studies, the covers move like the walls of the room, changing the space that holds our attention. The poster, Studies, unfolds to change shape and a gap is left in the pocket that holds Typologies. When we reach the end of the argument, the study closes one a last time.