{"product_id":"moma-library-council-the-valise-la-valija-multimedia-artist-s-portfolio-by-seven-south-american-artists-2017","title":"MoMA Library Council — The Valise \/ La Valija: Multimedia Artist’s Portfolio by Seven South American Artists (2017)","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAIRA, CÉSAR; JOHANNA CALLE; MATÍAS DUVILLE; MARIA LAET; MATEO LÓPEZ; NICOLÁS PARIS; ROSÂNGELA RENNÓ; and CHRISTIAN VINCK HENRIQUEZ.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Valise \/ La Valija.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York: Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art, 2017.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious multimedia artist’s portfolio created by the MoMA Library Council, bringing Argentine novelist César Aira together with seven contemporary South American artists. The project takes Aira’s novel \u003cem\u003eAn Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter\u003c\/em\u003e—a surreal account of the German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas’s journey across South America—as its geographical and conceptual point of departure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than fifty individual works are housed within Nicolás Paris’s printed suitcase-form portfolio, including original prints, artist’s books, photographic material, maps, posters, sculptural objects, a sound recording, and a unique monoprint:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohanna Calle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eMorphine Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e, letterpress print; and \u003cem\u003ePáramo\u003c\/em\u003e, hand-bound accordion photographic album.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMatías Duville:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eImmersion\u003c\/em\u003e, suite of ten prints; \u003cem\u003eSystem Night\u003c\/em\u003e, screenprint; \u003cem\u003eSpirit Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e, poster; and \u003cem\u003eCabomba\u003c\/em\u003e, vinyl LP recorded with Pablo Duville as Centolla Society.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaria Laet:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eWalk\u003c\/em\u003e, a unique scroll-form monoprint approximately 2.8 meters long, produced by the artist walking across Japanese paper laid over an inked wooden surface.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMateo López:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSun City (The Conquest of Darién)\u003c\/em\u003e, a suite of 24 stitched screenprints and woodcuts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNicolás Paris:\u003c\/strong\u003e Letterpress prints, a paper book-object, a hand-blown double-ended glass bulb containing a seed, and a printed artist’s book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRosângela Rennó:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eEverything on Wheels\u003c\/em\u003e, a large hand-bound photographic map accompanied by a Fresnel lens.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Vinck Henriquez:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-bound artist’s book and poster.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fitted portfolio measures approximately 37.5 × 61 × 11.5 cm (14¾ × 24 × 4½ inches). An interior sleeve is numbered 28\/113.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in a signed standard edition of 100 copies for members of the MoMA Library Council, with additional artist copies; a separate deluxe edition of 25 was also produced. All proceeds from the original publication benefited the Archives and Library of The Museum of Modern Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Standard signed edition; interior component numbered 28\/113.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e More than fifty prints, books, maps, objects, and sound elements in a suitcase-form portfolio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Contents in good condition; minor damage to an interior fitted support.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breething Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48235360944358,"sku":"BB-000291","price":3250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/7931\/5942\/files\/b_668b743a-169a-4760-a489-8638f875b5de.jpg?v=1787594912","url":"https:\/\/www.breethingbooks.com\/products\/moma-library-council-the-valise-la-valija-multimedia-artist-s-portfolio-by-seven-south-american-artists-2017","provider":"Breething Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}