Ptak, Sylvia, 1942- (Canadian artist)
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Commentary: An exhibition of work by Sylvia Ptak / Ptak, Sylvia., 2004
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Identifier: CC-43110-45165
Scope and Contents
The artist comments on the rare books and manuscripts in the library by interfacing pages from the texts with fabric threads with language-like lines that mirror the original works. These "carefully plucked lines, configured into paragraphs and columns, recall the elaborate handwriting found in the manuscripts." Another artist also in the Sackner Archive, Frances Trumbley, also uses threads to create callikgraphic markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
2004