Cultural transaction [with] Towla

A$22,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

An extraordinary collection of works by contemporary Melbourne artist Deanna Hitti, comprising her artist s book Towla and two monumental wall pieces titled Cultural Transaction. Towla [Melbourne] : the artist, 2017. Folio, screenprinted buckram, screenprinted endpapers, pp. 40; [8]; 40; screenprinted on Somerset 115gsm Bookwove paper, housed in a screenprinted clamshell box. Limited to 10 copies plus three proofs. Signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Cultural transaction : English instructions [Melbourne] : the artist, 2017. Black lettered charcoal solander box (525 x 350 mm) housing 24 cyanotype bifolia, each measuring 500 x 660 mm (central fold), the first with letterpress title, each cyanotype printed recto and verso to the sheet, depicting orientalist imagery and traditional script, the English text transliterated into Arabic script. Cultural transaction : Arabic instructions [Melbourne] : the artist, 2017. Black lettered charcoal solander box (525 x 350 mm) housing 24 cyanotype bifolia, each measuring 500 x 660 mm (central fold), the first with letterpress title, each cyanotype printed recto and verso to the sheet, depicting orientalist imagery and traditional script, the Arabic text transliterated into Roman script. In this series of interrelated pieces, Hitti draws our attention to the ways Europeans have engaged with the Arab world. Towla contains instructions [for the game of] backgammon that have been phonetically translated using the Arabic and Latin alphabet

• Binding: Hardcover

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