Martin Boyce, A Partial Eclipse (Special Edition), 2013.
A Partial Eclipse brings together photographs from an on-going private library of images which feeds into Boyce’s work. The images adopt a sombre and darkened palette, as if the light has been stolen from each photograph creating the illusion of a mythical perma-dusk allowing us to see the world as Boyce sees it. Images of trees and foliage permeate the collection, ellipses and perforations reoccur, patterns of cracks, fractures and spider webs repeat and thresholds appear in the form of windows and doorways.
Hundreds of photographs were edited down until the shape of a book emerged. The series creates the feeling of stillness and distance between the viewer and photograph. Printed on double sided paper, the photographs reflect blurrily in the coated page opposite it’s matte brother. The book as an object extends the experience of distance through its design, keeping the darkened images enclosed and projected between the folds of paper.
This Special Edition comprehences:
- a signed first edition book, (60 pgs, 25 colour plates, 21 cm x 32 cm, tipped-in image on embossed hardcover),
- a choice of one of the 25 images in the book (each as a one-off c-print print)
- a certificate of authenticity,
- all housed together in an embossed clamshell box.
Edition of 25,
Price: €1,750 / £1,500 / $2,250
This Martin Boyce Special Edition is available at Mack
