Limited edition of 300 copies, numbered and signed by the artist.

SMLAOB N7433.4.L67 R442 2016 (LC) Oversize: Copy number 9/300.

Bound in stiff paper wrapper, with a three dimensional "r.ed monde" pointy-shaped, faceless doll, bendable and covered in red satin-like cloth. The doll serves as a fastener for closure when the arms or legs are slipped into the loops on the front and back cover fore-edges.

"The book incorporates over 400 watercolor paintings, about 250 created in black and white and 150 in color. While most of the paintings were created ad hoc to tell the story, others were painted from 1985-2000 purely for pleasure in the artist's spare moments ... A sixty-page sequence of black and white watercolor paintings two-thirds of the way into the book may seem like an abrupt turn, but these 250 images of antique material culture were actually intended as the core material for the book, researched for over two decades in museums and reference books ... All of the text was rendered by hand on paper and scanned. These files were then integrated digitally with the paintings with the help of graphic designer Sira Dingi ... The text-bubbles surrounding the dialogue were drawn with a computer mouse using the wrong hand to be consistent with the rough, early, spontaneous watercolor images of r.ed, born by accident in 1985 ... The 300 clones in synthetic, knit fabric were sewn by the artist. The armature of copper wire coated with plastic, with a bit of polyester batting around the midsection, may be removed from the sculpture if the clone needs to be washed or have any seams re-sewn due to vigorous activity ... The book itself was printed in offset on acid-free paper in Verona, Italy by Opero srl in 300 copies"--Artist's website.

"The digital archive on the website [www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com] includes a printable index for this book, detailing all the images of r.ed engender.ed as well as notes on the text, including translations. It also hosts links to films of r.ed monde, represented as QR codes within the book's pages"--Back cover flap.

"This is a limited-edition magic realist tale in the form of a 200-page graphic novel with a first-person narrative recounted by r.ed monde, a figure invented at a kitchen table in watercolor on a student year abroad in Bologna, Italy in 1985."--Artist's website.

"The character r.ed monde spontaneously appears in watercolor at a kitchen table, dancing, playing and primping among the produce of Bologna, Italy in 1985. But r.ed's happy, ideal existence is soon threatened when the artist makes a 3D-version of her creation, leading her to close r.ed in a studio drawer out of fear. An identity crisis ensues when r.ed notices a lack of resemblance with any others in the artist's circle of family and friends. Bored with the random collections of trash and ephemera in the artist's studio, r.ed sleuths in reference books on world history and culture and makes a discovery"--Front cover flap.

R.ed monde in R.ed engender.ed

Red engendered

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