Solace and Perpetuity: A Life Story (Paperback Edition Set)

Basic Information

Artist(s):
Adrianne Wortzel
Title:
Solace and Perpetuity: A Life Story (Paperback Edition Set)
Medium:
Surface Size:
8 x 5 in.
Date Created:
2015
Inventory #:
Wortzel-2015-03

Description

Description is of the work is courtesy of the artist:
Solace and Perpetuity: A Life Story (Paperback Edition Set) comprises 10 different paperback volumes, each sold separately at $18.50 and as a set. The Paperback is arranged by the dewey decimal system comprising volumes 700.100 – 709.109, each with its own unique color. These beautiful books each contain an autobiographical telling of the artist’s life, with numbered paragraphs which have been randomized via coded algorithm so that each volume tells the same story differently.

 

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