Risseeuw, John
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1945-
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Arms Trade, 1996
Item — Box 608: [Barcode: 31858073143558]
Identifier: CC-28295-29472
Scope and Contents
Vamp & Tramp Internet: "Handmade paper from shredded paper currency with rag pulp including clothing from the victims named. Handset types used include Stymie, Clarendon, Baskerville, and Neuland. Metal relief engravings and woodcuts created for the images and printed by John Risseeuw at his Cabbagehead Press in Tempe, Arizona. Signed and numbered by the artist. Risseeuw created a piece about the world arms trade, printed on paper made from clothing of victims of armed conflict and recycled currency from the top 10 arms-exporting nations. John Risseeuw, Content-Specific Handmade Paper in Prints and Artist Books: "I started with an appropriate quote about arms sales, then printed a list of the top ten arms exporting nations between 1990 and 1994. The U.S. was (and is to this day), to my regret, the top exporter by far. I began a list of arms sold as well as some woodcut and engraved images. Inside the piece, the facts continue about the value of arms sold, the list of arms, and...
Dates:
1996
Bill deKooning's Bicycle Seat Meets Post-Modern Politics / Risseeuw, John L.., 1989
Item
Identifier: CC-03206-3255
Even Transcendentalists Get The Blues / Risseeuw, John; Thoreau H., 1986
Item
Identifier: CC-58335-50760
Scope and Contents
The aphorism by Thoreau (1854) printed on this work reads "Our life is frittered away by details." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1986
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