Invisible Colors
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Invisible Colors
Printed Matter Inc., New York
Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to host a reception in honor of Chrysanne Stathacos' new book Invisible Colors. Invisible Colors is the first book published by Nature Morte Books, the publishing venture of Nature Morte New Delhi, India, and the brainchild of artist gallerist Peter Nagy.
by Chrysanne Stathacos at Printed Matter, Inc.
Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to host a reception in honor of Chrysanne
Stathacos' new book Invisible Colors. The reception will take place on
Tuesday, June 4th, from 5 to 7 PM at Printed Matter, Inc., located at 535
West 22nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues.
Invisible Colors is the first book published by Nature Morte Books, the
publishing venture of Nature Morte New Delhi, India, and the brainchild of
artist gallerist Peter Nagy.
The book presents 40 full-page color photographic portraits by Chrysanne
Stathacos of Sadhus by the Ganges, Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala, Krishna
devotees from Vrindavan, Shinto dancers from Japan, Sikhs from Long
Island, and so on. All of the photographs are taken with an "aura
camera," a biofeedback invention used at psychic fairs to record the aura
of the sitter. The book is a result of three years of travel,
photographing in bead stalls in Rishikesh, temples in Kyoto, and wherever
else the artist was able to set up the awkward apparatus, she traveled
with to make these unique portraits. The photographs are organized by the
color of the sitter's aura, moving through the rainbow from the front of
the book to the back.
A short essay by Peter Nagy introduces the book. Each copy comes with a
bookmark designed by the artist.
The book, which was printed in India,
retails for $10.
Chrysanne Stathacos is a New York artist. Her garden installation "Refuge:
a Wish Garden," commissioned for the exhibition "Landesgartenschau," is
currently on view in Grossenhain, Germany, as part of a massive garden
exhibition curated by Heike Strelow. Her previous book, 1000+ Wishes from
The Wish Machine project, wishmachine@aol.com, will be also available at
the launch.
Reception, June 4, 2002, 5 to 7 PM
For additional information about the event, sales, or Invisible Colors
please contact David Platzker, Director, Printed Matter at (212) 925-0325.
Printed Matter, Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the
appreciation, dissemination, and understanding of artists' books and other
artists' publications.
Printed Matter, Inc.
535 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
212 925 0325 tel
212 925 0464 fax