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ROBERTO OPALIO - 'a thin layer of dirt (I can see you)' ARTIST'S BOOK + 3” CD-R + DL code | ART EDITION LTD.21

ROBERTO OPALIO - "a thin layer of dirt (I can see you)" ARTIST'S BOOK

ROBERTO OPALIO - "a thin layer of dirt (I can see you)" ARTIST'S BOOK

ROBERTO OPALIO - "a thin layer of dirt (I can see you)" ARTIST'S BOOK

ROBERTO OPALIO - "a thin layer of dirt (I can see you)" ARTIST'S BOOK

ROBERTO OPALIO - "a thin layer of dirt (I can see you)" ARTIST'S BOOK

ROBERTO OPALIO
'a thin layer of dirt (I can see you)'
ARTIST'S BOOK + 3” CD-R + DL code

Private Art Edition of 21

The artist's book is housed in 20x20cm handmade jacket;
- front: original acrylic painting on jute canvas by Roberto Opalio, signed by the artist
- back: heavy cardboard panel with art edition credits; handstamped, handnumbered I-XXI
- artbook: front cover with acrylic painting and white ink handwriting
interventions by the artist; "first numbered exemplars #/XXI" handwritten on back cover.

ARTBOOK: 15x11,50 cm, 46 pages artist's book by Roberto Opalio of My Cat Is An Alien (MCIAA).
Handmade trifold cover in 140-gram grey faux leather paper, fastened with blue string and eyelet; artist’s intervention with handwritten extra-title on cover. 20 b&w illustrations on “Acquerello” paper cards of acrylic paintings by Roberto Opalio. With “Divinités Irritées” aesthetic manifesto by Roberto Opalio. Manufactured in Western Alps.

MUSIC: The musical piece – a 10 minutes solo instantaneous composition by Roberto Opalio – contains loops of field recordings of paper and cardboard during the action of cutting, bending, creasing, tearing, gluing, taping, stapling, stamping, etc – every sound that characterizes the handcrafting of this series of art books.

Copyright MMXVI Roberto Opalio. All rights reserved.
Published by Opax Editions / Divinités Irritées.

Exhibited at 'My Cat Is An Alien. Oltre il libro d'artista', LIbreria Antiquaria Freddi-Galleria, Torino, Italy, November 17-30, 2017

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