Installation View

Two installation views of the cases and their contents, and the print shelf above, from my thesis exhibition End Page at Fourth Wall Project .

The show will go on...

The reception for my thesis show has been rescheduled for

Sunday April 21st, from 4-7pm 
Fourth Wall Project at 132 Brookline Ave, Boston

There will be refreshments and an artists talk.

This is indeed short notice and hope you can join me in celebrating.

Circles

Why circles? I don't really know...
An ode to Calder? No corners? Small worlds? Black holes? The great wide open?

The above selection of woodblock prints are part of my MFA Thesis Exhibition, End Page: Books and Works on Paper by Kate Castelli, now open at Fourth Wall Project in Boston.

The Known Universe

One of the new prints in my upcoming thesis show End Page: Books and Works on Paper by Kate Castelli at Fourth Wall Project in Boston.

I install the show this weekend, and the opening reception and artist talk is on Friday April 19th...one week from today! Hope to see you there.

The Known Universe (No. 1)

woodblock on book cover

9 x 11.75”

unique impression

2013

Indigo

The cure for anything is salt water-- sweat, tears, or the sea. (Isak Dinesen)

In 1837, according to the date on the inside cover, a girl named Georgiana tore this end paper and stitched it back together again. She repaired her book and made it better in more ways than one. The 19th century fast forwards to the 21st century and I add a sea of indigo marks.

Untitled

ink on 19th century paper, thread

9.5 x 11.75" each

copyright Kate Castelli 2013

part of End Page: Books and Works on Paper, MFA thesis exhibition at Fourth Wall Project, Boston

Collaborative Circles

Caroline Board and I sat down one day in the printshop and cut up all sorts of proofs, ghost prints, and experimental prints to make this latest collaborative book. We completed it in one afternoon.

Untitled (Collaboration No. 6)
accordion with hard covers
woodblock and lithograph
5.5 x 36" opened

In addition to our collaborative books, we've printed our first collaborative edition! The venn diagram inspired print was created after we each carved one side of a circular woodblock. My side is printed in yellow ochre and Caroline's is black.

This print is currently on view at the Atrium Gallery at SMFA as part of the juried Print and Paper Show.


Untitled (K + C)
two color woodblock
edition of 8, 18x24" 


Our collaborative books and prints will be on view during our thesis show at Fourth Wall Project  April 16-27th.

End Page

End Page is an intersection of books, works on paper, and collections that explore poetic and formal juxtapositions in order to connect what cannot be connected.

End Page: Books & Works on Paper by Kate Castelli

MFA Thesis Exhibition at
Fourth Wall Project
132 Brookline Ave, Boston MA

April 16-27, 2013
Opening reception and artist's talk Friday April 19, 5-8pm

www.katecastelli.com
http://www.smfa.edu/mfa-thesis

This and That

This book began as a project to explore the formal relationships between random elements from my collection of ephemera. I had envisioned the format, made the accordion structure, and set the type all before I had selected the content. I had an empty book to fill. And that's where things changed.

As soon as I glued down the first pair of elements I realized the relationships and juxtapositions were anything but random. The fragments I had gathered had a history of their own that I couldn't ignore. I spent 10 straight hours in the studio creating the final sequence.

The result was poetic, heavily coded with visual data, and completely mysterious. Although there is not an intended narrative, one can be implied or created through various readings of the sequence. There are threads running throughout. The final book is over 12 feet long, but it can easily fit in your hands.



This/That 
accordion structure with hardcovers 
ephemera and typewriting
5x150” opened 
unique edition, 2012

copyright Kate Castelli 2012

Presence and Absence

I collected the vintage photolithograph pages over the course of several trips to Argosy Bookstore in New York City. I was intrigued by the ghost chairs but was unsure what to do with them. They sat in my flat-file for a long time. Recently they worked their way into an accordion book. Each panel is hand-stitched with silk thread. It took forever.

I loved the stitching on the reverse of the panels, so I let it remain uncovered.

Presence/Absence 
hand-stitching on vintage photolithographs 
8 page accordion structure with hardcovers, unique edition 
7.75 x 44" opened 

copyright Kate Castell 2012