Stories from Fremont Street Book 150

Tucson, Arizona:: Beata Wehr,, 2015.. One-of-a-Kind. 8 pages including covers. Sewn binding. Polish linen treated with gesso. Metal objects attached by sewing. Signed and dated by the artist on the back cover page. In matching Polish linen envelope with metal paper clip closure and handsewn sides. Signed and dated by the artist on the envelope.. Beata Wehr: "This book is from an ongoing series 'Polish Linen Books' which I started in 2006. In recent years I have made many mixed media artist's books that are 'allusions to a narrative.' I used metal objects found on the ground and stitched them to pages made out of linen canvas to create visual stories. They are sometimes not easy to understand, and the viewers have to construct them themselves. I carefully selected the materials to work with: found metal pieces speak about time, transience, and place, and linen canvas that I brought from my native Poland symbolizes my roots and immigration. "In the Spring of 2015 I taught a mixed media book class at the University of Arizona in Tucson in an amazing and mysterious Corleone Building. Each time when I walked on Fremont Street from my car to the class I picked small metal objects on my way. While making a book I thought about my teaching and my students. The suggested narrative on each page relates to them as well as to the street. (Inventory #: 22611)