Gerhard Mayer's obsessive ink drawings, for which he sets up elaborate restrictions, describe biomorphic, but abstract shapes so precise they look machine-made and so strangely organic that they might be undiscovered life forms. The past ten years of his work is collected here, along with an interview with the artist.
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Gerhard Mayer's obsessive ink drawings, for which he sets up elaborate restrictions, describe biomorphic, but abstract shapes so precise they look machine-made and so strangely organic that they might be undiscovered life forms. The past ten years of his work is collected here, along with an interview with the artist.
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated paper-covered boards; no dust jacket as issued. Puzzle collages, drawings and sculpture by Gerhard Mayer. Text in English and German. Essay by Thomas Heyden. Interview with the artist by Magdalena Holzhey. Includes a biography, exhibition history and a bibliography. 96 pp., with 29 four-color plates and 9 duotone plates. 8-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches. This first edition was limited to 350 unnumbered hardcover copies. Fine.
