{"product_id":"home-manoeuvres","title":"Home Manoeuvres","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bruce McLean \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mel Gooding \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Knife Edge Press \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1987 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: A handmade artist book, produced in an edition of sixty (numbered 1-50 and I-X) this copy being numbered 13, \u003cstrong\u003esigned by the artist and author\u003c\/strong\u003e on the rear endpaper. Hand-sown in red thread through the black paper covers, the front cover bears a thickly textured potato print in yellow. The front cover has detached along the stitching but is intact. Internally the book contains twelve original hand-coloured lino-cuts by McLean interleaved with printed translucent sheets bearing text phrases. Held in the original fitted stiff card box. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHome Manoeuvres \u003c\/em\u003ewas published in 1987 to coincide with McLean's exhibition entitled 'The Floor, The Fence, The Fireplace' at Anthony d'Offay Gallery in London\u003c\/strong\u003e. The text is by McLean himself and writer and critic Mel Gooding and was published by the Knife Edge Press which they formed together in 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in a soft cover, the bright yellow, thickly textured potato-print on the front cover links it to another of McLean's bookworks entitled 'A potato against a black background'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe initial page of text is a poem that uses word-play and idioms referring to furniture and domestic interiors, the room a metaphor for life or a situation entered, successfully negotiated and exited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subsequent pages interpolate single phrases on semi-translucent paper, with lino-cuts, hand-painted by the artist in daubed, pure colour. Placement of the text associates the edges of the page with the walls of a room and each phrase corresponds loosely to the image it precedes, partially visible before the page is turned. Elements of a home environment are listed, conveying a sense of absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples of this book are in several institutional collections, including The British Museum and the V\u0026amp;A.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"sophie bradford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477355127121,"sku":"7038","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/6039\/6625\/files\/7038.jpg?v=1775814411","url":"https:\/\/monograph.art\/products\/home-manoeuvres","provider":"Monograph","version":"1.0","type":"link"}