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The End of the World - New Print From Keep Calm

THE END OF THE WORLD (REALLY BUILT TO LAST) is Paris-based artist Matthew Rose's latest surreal fantasy about the fragility of world we live in and the end of the world we've built. 

 

Based on an original collage from 2008, THE END OF THE WORLD, reports from the frontiers of the real and dream worlds, where foods and animals, naughty little boys and errant little girls enter into the visual field and run, jump, hang and float in and around an assortment of human narratives that are veering dangerously out of control. Like in life.

This work, and others in the series, will appear in Masters of Collage (Lark Publishing, USA) in May 2010 along with 40 other contemporary artists.

This full color print measures 25 x 25 cm, and also has a border for framing.  Signed and numbered in an edition of 85, the print, produced by Lalande Digital Art Press Paris costs 38 UK Pounds exclusively from Keep Calm Gallery.  Click here to go to Keep Calm Gallery to see detailed images and order.

Sparkasse : New Print For Keep Calm Gallery

Sparkasse, a new print by Matthew Rose from LALANDE DIGITAL ART PRESS PARIS for Keep Calm Gallery, (UK), is now available. The print, in an edition of 50, signed and numbered by the artist, measures 38 x 27 cm, with a border of 4 cm on 300 gram acid-free archival paper. Printed on the Epson 9600 by master printer Robert Ruscoe, Sparkasse is the seventh print the artist has produced for Keep Calm, three of which have sold out.

Sparkasse, "savings bank" in German, was originally exhibited at Galerie Rossella Junck in Berlin. The piece is part of the suite from the exhibition entitled A KICK IN THE KUNST. The artist's next exhibition is THE END OF THE WORLD, the inaugural exhibition at Wm Turner Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, opening 18 September.

Ricardo Bloch: Huckleberry Dick

Huckleberry Dick began as a collage work by Ricardo Bloch in 1995, and has now been published as a facsimile of the original, in a limited-edition of 250 copies, printed by Lalande Digital Art Press.

Copies are available directly from the author for only 15€ plus shipping.

Using the classic glue and scissors technique, during an obsessive spell in a cabin by Lake Superior in the summer of 1995, Ricardo blended Classics Illustrated adaptations of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Moby Dick. Starting with page one, and using two copies of each comic book, Ricardo advanced page by page until the climactic page 48. Images and/or fragments of text were cut and pasted to create a seemingly seamless hybrid story. The task was facilitated, or in fact made possible, because both Huckleberry Finn and Moby Dick are first person narratives that recount tales of personal discovery, of boats and water, and of a friendship with a man of color.

It may not completely surprise those that have read the books, that the coupling of the two stories has brought to light the subliminal homoerotic themes underlying their narratives.

Click here now to purchase your copy of the very collectible Huckleberry Dick.

Amy Ross : Bird Heart at Keep Calm

Amy Ross has birds in her heart, and her newest print, ‘Bird Heart’ a signed and numbered limited edition of 80, 10 by 10 inches, proves it. Printed by Lalande Digital Art Press Paris for Keep Calm this print is taken from an original collage of bird heads cut out of the pages of an old field guide. "

All of the material that goes into Amy’s collages is found on the shelves of used bookstores, from field guides to auction catalogues and art history books to illustrated encyclopedias. "The idea for this particular collage came to Amy while baking Valentine’s Day cookies with her daughter, when she used a cookie cutter as a guide for the heart shape," writes Lucas Lepola, director Keep Calm.

The print is available directly from Keep Calm, they ship anywhere! Prints are wrapped in acid-free tissue paper and sent in extremely durable mailing tubes.For UK orders prints are sent via next-day Special Delivery. For international orders prints are sent via International Signed-For Air Mail. PRICE FOR BIRD HEART: £25 plus postage. Contact Keep Calm.

Keep Calm and Carry On: Wahsoh Print

Keep Calm and Carry On: A new print, Wahsoh (2008) by Matthew Rose for KEEP CALM LTD is now available.

The edition, signed and numbered, will run to 50 for the A2-sized full color digital print on fine acid-free paper, printed by Lalande Digital Art Press Paris. Price: £55 (UK) pounds.

Click on the image above to enlarge.

Interested? E-mail Keep Calm's Lucas or Hayley for prices by clicking here : KEEP CALM.

Bob Blackman's One Page Book Novels

Two new one-page books from UK artist and writer, Bob Blackman. Here are The Soul Transference & Necromancer's Trade Association and The Wormton Cat. Download the PDFs and then print them out at your home, A4 size.

Bob Blackman writes about the One Page Books: "I was looking for a promotional item for my media pack and reckon One Page Books are a brilliant way of introducing people to print-on-demand and self-publishing.

"I've designed them so they match the look of my novels. There's An Introductory One Page Book to the Self-Regulating, Incorporeal Professional Body, The Soul Transference and Necromancer's Trade Association, which supports The Horsepower Whisperer, and The Wormton Cat, which serves as a taster for The Wormton Lamb. Each novel and its associated One Page Book features the same colour co-ordinated go faster stripe."

The one-page book is one of the most elegant and economical ways to produce an eight page book, in A4 or A3 sizes (or US letter and larger sizes), by simple folding and a single cut. Perfect for artists, boutiques, and any sort of promotional efforts, a single one-sided print is all you need to create a fantastic piece for whatever you're doing – recipe books, agendas, product descriptions, catalogs, short stories, limited editions. Get in touch if you're interested in producing your own One Page Book with Lalande Digital Art Press Paris.

Click here to download Blackman's two books.

Le One Page Book - Falling Boy Books Collection

Free Collection of One Page Books from Falling Boy Books, A Division of Lalande Digital Art Press Paris. These little artist books are produced from a single page that is printed on one side, folded, then cut, then folded. They are free for you to print.

Click on the links below, download the books, print them, fold them, collect them. Interested in adding to the collection? Please get in touch. 

If you'd simply like to help spread the word, please link to this site and/or article on your own site or recommend it to a friend, colleague, artist book enthusiast or some like-minded blogger. We would like to obtain maximum exposure for the artists on this page. Merci beaucoup and all that stuff.

[A page from Winter, by Julie Sadler, right]

IT WAS A VERY BAD YEAR By Matthew Rose (2007)

JOW By Musicmaster & John Bennett (2008)

VIA By French writer and artist Fred Griot (Also part of the Petit Papiers Collection, curated by Schmul).
Winter By American artist Julie Sadler.
RED CIRCLE By American artist Allan Revich.

VELVET by American artist Keith Buchholz.

CODEX Bab(b)el-On By Reid Wood (State of Being). Visit Reid Wood's Haven't-Garde Art.
Bob Blackman's One Page Book novels

Wet Aint : Little Rose (1995)

Wet Aint : Little Rose (1995), Matthew Rose. Size: A4. Offset, with perforations on gummed paper. Only 1000 produced; most are gone. Based on the collage (1995). Click image to enlarge full screen. Purchase : 25 €. Buy now : WET AINT. PayPal accepted!

Mister Rose's ABC : A Little Book For Little People - Just Published By Lalande Digital Art Press Paris

Mister Rose's ABC : A Little Book For Little People has just been published by Lalande Digital Art Press Paris. The 32-page, full-color book features original gouache paintings and poetic tongue-twisters that follow the alphabet from Arnold the annoying Airplane to (tough and dumb) Luck to Nero the Nail (he lives in a wall in Mister Rose's house) to the yackety Ying-Yangs and finally, Zoe the zaftig Zebra. [CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE AND READ].

Saddle-stitched and impeccably printed by digital master, Robert Ruscoe at Lalande, Mister Rose's ABC is really a book for kids of all ages, a perfect cadeau de Noël, New Year's, birthday or everyday gift for children or friends.

"Parents will have an enjoyable time reading this to their toddlers and trying to figure out why Ditzy, the deaf-as-a-door knob dog, is always digging and dancing," says Ruscoe who has two little boys. "My favorite is Nero the Nail, or maybe Romney's Rain – "Hey! Don't Complain!"

The play of words and images is typical of the artist's imagination, which is pleasantly skewed towards the impossible and the poetic. "W" is Wally Water, he writes. "Wally is originally from Wabash." Nero the nail "lives in my house," he explains. Karl, his kitten, "computes with a flute." Parents will have quite a time explaining where Wabash is and how you compute with musical instruments.

"It's the kind of kid's book," says the author's father, Irving, "that will probably drive parents crazy attempting to explain the strange words and weird and funny situations. And hey, I know! He's my son!"

[I bribed my good friend Stephane Guyader (below) who runs the baba cool bookstore, Apsara, on the rue Daguerre (75014), to carry a few copies and put them in the window. Cost me a few bottles of red wine, but it's quite fun to be in the window.]

Matthew Rose is an American artist and writer based in Paris, France. He exhibits his collages, text works, paintings and objects throughout the US and Europe. This is his first published children's book. To see more of his work, click : Collage By Matthew Rose.

The ABC, published in English, is specially-priced for web sales at only 10 € each (plus 2 euros postage for France and Europe; 4 € postage for the US). Ordering is easy: Checks (in Euros) or PayPal accepted. Bulk orders (10 - 25) are 7,50 €; orders of 50 or more 5 € each. If you like, the author will sign and dedicate the books if you are giving them as a Christmas, New Year's or birthday gift to someone little or even someone big.

TO PURCHASE A COPY OF MISTER ROSE'S ABC, or heck, several copies now, e-mail : MISTER ROSE'S ABC. [If mail link is not working, e-mail : mistahrose at yahoo dot com]. E-mail us to find out how you can produce your own books.

Keep Calm For Christmas

This Christmas, Keep cool by visiting Keep Calm. Run by a "skeleton staff of two," Lucas and Hayley, Keep Calm is the celebrated web gallery offering inexpensive silkscreened and digital prints by artists from the UK and Europe, and has been featured in a dozen magazines for their quality and quirkiness.

Keep Calm has just offered two prints by Matthew Rose and printed by Lalande Digital Art Press Paris. "Days Like These" (pictured, right) and "Immaculate Perception," are offered in a limited edition of 21, signed, numbered and dated by the artist on 100 percent cotton (Lyson) 350 gram acid free fine art paper. These works are based upon collages by the artist. Each print measures 42 cm x 30 cm. Price is £35 plus postage, exclusively from Keep Calm.

"These prints are typical of Matthew’s works, lifting elements from one source and layering it with another," says Lucas. "Largely influenced by Joseph Cornell, Jasper Johns, Ray Johnson and others, Matthew Rose gets more out of a piece of found or discolored paper with each succeeding work."

Keep Calm features works by Douglas Wilson, Alyson Fox, Jillian Ditner, Jason Synder, Jacob Arden McClure as well as Lucas and Hayley (left). Works are inexpensive but beautifully produced.

Keep Calm was established way back in February 2007 by Lucas and Hayley. Keep Calm offers high quality prints and other bits and pieces. Many products are screen printed by hand. Royal Mail permitting, prints will arrive in perfect condition. If this isn’t the case Keep Calm will replace it! Prints are wrapped in acid-free tissue paper and sent in extremely durable mailing tubes. They ship anywhere! For UK orders, prints are sent via next-day Special Delivery. For international orders prints are sent via International signed-for air mail.

Want to know anything else? Please e-mail Lucas or Hayley at Keep Calm.

"Gar Nicht" - Matthew Rose

Matthew Rose: "Gar Nicht," 2006, Edition of 3 with one artist proof. Image 30 cm x 30 cm. (Border 4 cm). Digitally printed by Lalande Digital Art Press Paris after original collage (available from Paris for 800 euros), on archival, acid-free Canson paper. Signed and numbered. Price: 100 euros. Only 2 available. Exhibited at Tristesse Deluxe Gallery Berlin, Anyway Berlin Gallery.

Price : 120 euros. You can purchase using Paypal. Order here: LALANDE PRINTS.

"Blue Ceiling at 59" : Danielle Voirin

Looking up: "Blue Ceiling at 59" by Danielle Voirin a new print by Lalande Digital Art Press is now available. The edition is unlimited and signed by Voirin; the work measures 60 cm x 80 cm, and is printed on 192 gram weight Epson Enhanced Matte paper.

Price : 100 euros HT. You can purchase using Paypal: Order here: LALANDE PRINTS. (This image by Voirin is © 2006-2007 and reproduction in any form, printed or used on the web is strictly prophibited unless permission is granted by Danielle Voirin).

59 Rue de Rivoli was one of the most well-known artist squats in Paris. The large hotel particulier along one of the busiest axes in Paris housed up to 30 artists at its peak and served as a hothouse for artistic invention for years. But the City of Paris wasn't terribly pleased with the situation and after a massive struggle moved the artists to another building in the 18th arrondisement.

Danielle Voirin befriended a dozen artists at 59 Rue de Rivoli and documented the interiors, exteriors of the squat and many of the artists who spent years there. "The 'Blue Ceiling' was taken when I spent two weeks photographing the squat and artists as they were moving across town," says Danielle. "The City of Paris had by then decided to close the building for 15 months of renovations starting last November. I don't know if the artists will ever move back. In anycase, that era is gone."

The blue-celinged room with its bare lightbulbs drawing lines across the molding is one of Danielle's favorites from the hundreds of photos she took of the squat. "I don't remember anything else about the space where I took this; I was always looking up at that Mediterranean blue."

"Blue Ceiling at 59" was exhibited at the Carrousel du Louvre, through IVY Paris, and at Labo Photo Melco in the 19th where it was part of a portrait of 59 rue de Rivoli that paired black and white images of the artists with colorful shots of the building's interior.

To order this print – only 100 Euros – by Pay Pal or other means, contact Danielle Voirin directly.

THE QUEEN BITCH

THE QUEEN BITCH, MATTHEW ROSE. © 2003. ARTIST PROOF. 92 cm x 64 cm. UNIQUE DIGITAL PRINT ON FINE ARCHES PAPER. SIGNED. 370 EUROS. PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, OMAHA, BY GARRY DAY.

Order this print: LALANDE PRINTS.

A Perfect Friend

A PERFECT FRIEND, MATTHEW ROSE. © 2003. ARTIST PROOF. DIGITAL PRINT ON FINE ARCHES PAPER. SIGNED. 370 EUROS. PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, OMAHA, BY GARRY DAY.

Order this print: LALANDE PRINTS.

PAINTINGS - MATTHEW ROSE

PAINTINGS, 1999. © MATTHEW ROSE 1999 - 2007. Click images to enlarge.

Series of seven silkscreens, 56 cm x 76 cm, printed by Editions Michel Hosszù, Paris. Edition: 10, with three artist proofs, one show set. Paper: 270 gram Moulin du Blanc. Signed and numbered on the back. Collection: Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida. (On permanent view). 5,000 euros/set.

Order these prints: LALANDE PRINTS.

IMMACULATE PERCEPTION - MATTHEW ROSE

IMMACULATE PERCEPTION, (BLUE) © 2003 - 2007 MATTHEW ROSE.
EDITION: 5, SIGNED AND NUMBERED; 80 x 60 CM. 350 EUROS.

TIPOGRAFIA – ROBERT RUSCOE

TIPOGRAFIA © 2007 BY ROBERT RUSCOE
EDITION: 21, SIGNED AND NUMBERED; 65 x 56 CM. 75 EUROS.
(20 Prints Remaining).