Justin Lieberman: Hopi Basket Weaving

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 116 pages
• Published by: Zach Feuer Gallery June 1, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0976853361
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0976853367
• Book Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Weighs: 15.2 ounces

Product Description
Hopi Basket Weaving is written and illustrated over the pages of an old book of the same title, pasted up with drawings, paintings and text about Lieberman's recent exhibitions and projects. The result is something between a catalogue raisonne and an artist's book, full of carefully casual juxtapositions and a few remaining basket weavers peeking out from behind the collages. Lieberman quotes Pat Robertson, Dennis Cooper and Susan Sontag; handwrites (in aquatint) a resume listing such gems as, "fired for urinating in the food;" and riffs, with sly humor, on advertising. He burns a copy of Everything is Illuminated and zips its ashes into a sandwich bag above the slogan "Everything is Illuminated / Everything is Eliminated / Everything is Laminated." More seriously and with colossal effectiveness, he posits that, "What happens in Africa, stays in Africa." Painstakingly designed by Lieberman, this is the first publication of his work.

Reader Reviews
Here Justin Lieberman is at his best, mixing razor sharp wit while oozing a reckless amandon. Notable among his "mid-career" peers, Justin's writing is not only ahead of its time, but it seems, is also from a time long past, in this way, it is timeless, also in this way it is a time machine, capable of crossing through superficial boundaries of space and time, mixing meanings, and misrepresenting the history of the world, as he sees fit. He lays all of this out in his earth shattering essay "Towards a Meta Language of Collage" which is included in this chilling tome. In the end Justin is especially surprising for all of his exuberance, especially at his age, when gusts of energy and inspiration come not at will, but by nature's own time clock, one of this artists strengths is learning to obey that very clock, which keeps us all ticking in these chaotic times. I definitely recommend this book for fans of: Mitt Romney, Rage Against the Machine, and English Prog. It saddens me ultimately to note that Justin has nearly reached the end of his long, and exhausting life, I wish him well as he passes swiftly through eternity. Comment | | (Report this)