Building + Becoming

Los Angeles: X Artists' Books, 2022. Hardcover. VG/VG: Small black ink stain in the yellow letters of 'Becoming' on the cover. Otherwise in excellent condition, with clean pages and tight binding.. Color printed fabric over boards with yellow text down a mostly gray spine. When opened, there are two books that open opposite, with a matte softcover front cover and then the boards as the back covers. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with a majority of color and black-and-white images. "Amir Zaki has created a sculptural monograph with no singular entry or exit. The book is a double gatefold, having three spines, which opens to a full width of roughly 40 inches. The erstwhile skateboarder brings multiple series into focus for this book, including rocks, carvings, suspended landscapes, and hyper-realist California beach architecture, which like his skateparks (also included), are uncannily quiet and devoid of people. An interview with curator and arts writer Corrina Peipon brings Zaki's history and concerns about photography and technology to the fore."