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Artist Books
Lotería Cosmológica 1976-2008
2008 edition of a classic, 15 copies with 3 artist proofs, 41 Cards numerically printed on board with pigment inks, varnished and backed with textured paper. Sleeved in individual titled envelopes, custom linen covered box with instructions in Spanish and English. Stepped priced starting at $3,000.00 for the first three decks. Reserve yours now.
The Cosmological Lotería is a titled deck of cards akin to the Tarot in that it can be used for divination and self-enlightenment. The cards depict iconographic images of universal human values and attributes focusing on the relationships between man and nature and on the structure of society. As you play this game, use the card titles as messages for interpretation and divination. During play, a single card begins to reveal your story, the combination of your entire hand deepens the revelation, and the final interpretation comes from within you.
See a reading of the Loteria Cosmologica here
Cuentos Chinos - Attributed to Dr. Panchoo 2008
Edition of 15 with 3 artist proofs, 12 Varnished eight fold accordions 7.5” x 17”, numerically printed on archival paper with pigment inks. Sleeved in individual titled envelopes, custom two part box with separate colophon and titles. Stepped priced starting at $5,500.00 for the first three.
Note: Prototype is shown
Unfathomable Humanity by Lisdebertus aka Luis Delgado 2006
Introductory text by Sharon Mizota
Edition of 25 numbered artist books
14 Interleaved plates, K3 pigment inks on alfa cellulose paper, bound with Chicago screws, masonite covers, aluminium hinges, and archival papers.
11” x 17” x 1”
Power Ties 2006
Poem by Shelley “Ozymandias”
25 Numbered editioned artist books 8.5” x 11”
Two accordion prints 8” x 75”, K3 pigment inks on alfa cellulose paper, two part aluminum box, four ply museum board, mirror & archival paper.
The People of San Miguel
A Portrait Collection of Sierra Totonaco Indians 1976 - 2006
Text by Edward C. Gardner
25 Numbered editioned artist books
Pigment on paper, bound.
Deconstitution 1787-2008
As told to Cedric Tlapaltotoli
By Dick the Dark Prince and He who must not be mentioned.
3 Copies, numerically printed on paper with pigment inks, 3 volumes with slip case. Stepped priced starting at $2,000.00. Reserve yours now.
Who is Cedric Tlapaltototli?
Inheritor of the post-classic tradition of Choluleteca pottery making, incanted by a mixed-breed English avatar now residing in Califrisco San Fransonia, bears witness to the nefarious manipulation of an enlightened text rooted deep in the storied Magna Carta, the code of Hamurabi and other texts of human import. In which he meets two nefarious characters, Dick the Dark Prince and his smirky sidekick who by hook and by crook muddily modify the aforementioned text to lead us into a world populated by infamous totalitarians solidifying the tradition of violence and outright disregard to the hard fought gains of the human race in its valiant attempt to separate itself from its fellow members of the animal kingdom. With "Deconstitution" and self-perceived self righteousness these nefarious characters attempt to curtail, trim and manipulate a hard-fought code of enlightened human behavior. In this publication by Refrita Press, Cedric marks salient points of this manipulation in hope and faith that the original intent and its progressive evolution lives on.