Touch is a complete retrospective of the electrographic art of Lieve Prins, produced by the artist and Manfred Heiting.
Horizontal Theatre & Paintings with Light
The photocopy machine has become an iconic informal meeting place in offices throughout the world, a universal grey box suited only for talk around or over.
But for more than 20 years, Lieve Prins has refined an ability to speak with and through this humble office-bound device, transforming a mundane reproducer of 2-D documents into a gorgeously expressive medium capable of capturing and representing not just 3 and 4 dimensions but the very essence of dreams themselves.
How many of us suspected that this bulky, frustrating to operate and frankly dull exterior have disguised a machine with a soul that yearns to sing? Touch – a perfect encapsulation of the physicality of her work - shows that sing it does in the service of Prins’ earthy, cornucopian imagination.
Touch is her first ever book; a complete retrospective that details her career in gorgeously produced, A3–format, or as close to the original artworks as is possible. It is published as a work of love, dedicated to Prins’ daughters and grand daughter for whom it is a document of their development, as children and models.
Touch, uitgave: Cinubia Productions,
concept: Lieve Prins,
productie: Manfred Heiting,
distributie: Idea Books http://www.ideabooks.nl
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grafisch ontwerp: Katherine Szeto,
essay: Petra Timmer,
sponsor: Canon Europe NV en Canon Nederland NV,
formaat: Paperback 40,4 x 28,8 (A3 format),
pagina’s: 226 pages,
ISBN: 909018502X, Prijs€ 79,50.
COVER OF "TOUCH"
But its unusual intimacy, both physical and emotional, along with its sumptuous colour and production (Prins spent several weeks in Berlin doing all the colour correction herself) and universal themes make Touch more than a book or retrospective; it is simply a moving object of beauty.
SPECIAL EDITION
Special de Luxe Edition 2005
The total number of copies of this "Special de Luxe Edition 2005" is limited to 250 copies. Each copy is numbered 1 to 250 and signed by the artist.The 250 copies are divided into 10 series, each series includes an original Piezography Print on Hahnemühle German Etching 310 gram, signed, titled and dated by the artist and numbered 1 to 20. with five artis's proofs numbered AP I to AP V
The series and print titles are as following:
I "Hester's birthday"
II "Tree of Desire"
III "Swan"
IV "Apsaras I"
V "Oister Eaters"
VI "Amzone"
VII "Nihon Ningyo"
VIII "Kenzo Dancer"
IX " Sister of Midori"
X "Sandra"
Hesters Birthday
Tree of Desire
Swan
Apsaras
Oister Eaters
Amzone
Nihon Ningyo
Kenzo Dancer
Sister of Midori
Sandra
‘Touch’ special edition
Edition: Cinubia Productions
Produced: Manfred Heiting
Distribution: Manfred Heiting en Lieve Prins
Essay: Petra Timmer
Concept: Lieve Prins
Graphic design: Katherine Szeto
Sponsord: Canon Europe NV en Canon Nederland NV
Format: Paperback 40,4 x 28,8 (A3 format)
Pages: 226 pages
A special Edition limited to 250 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Each copy includes an original print out of 10 series and numbered 1 to 20. Or AP I to AP V.
This special edition cost 600 euro, including postage, and can be ordered by contacting the artist.
