Pentimenti Zine by Adelaide Blair
“This book is a personal exploration of how much information to give people regarding any given work. I want to tell them everything, but am I trying to guide the viewer too much or just adding another data point for them?
“I like the idea of art being a mysterious transmission from another state of mind. I’m trying so hard to tell you what it was like in the other place (other time) but can never give you enough data to crowd out your own interpretation/reconstruction of what I’m saying. Your relationship with the work is never going to be the same as mine no matter how much information I give you. So why not try to go too far? I don’t know that I can ever get there.” - Adelaide Blair
8” x 5.25”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
“This book is a personal exploration of how much information to give people regarding any given work. I want to tell them everything, but am I trying to guide the viewer too much or just adding another data point for them?
“I like the idea of art being a mysterious transmission from another state of mind. I’m trying so hard to tell you what it was like in the other place (other time) but can never give you enough data to crowd out your own interpretation/reconstruction of what I’m saying. Your relationship with the work is never going to be the same as mine no matter how much information I give you. So why not try to go too far? I don’t know that I can ever get there.” - Adelaide Blair
8” x 5.25”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
“This book is a personal exploration of how much information to give people regarding any given work. I want to tell them everything, but am I trying to guide the viewer too much or just adding another data point for them?
“I like the idea of art being a mysterious transmission from another state of mind. I’m trying so hard to tell you what it was like in the other place (other time) but can never give you enough data to crowd out your own interpretation/reconstruction of what I’m saying. Your relationship with the work is never going to be the same as mine no matter how much information I give you. So why not try to go too far? I don’t know that I can ever get there.” - Adelaide Blair
8” x 5.25”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
Adelaide Blair (she/her) is a project-based artist whose research-centered practice allows her to interact with and learn about the world. She is interested in distributed intelligence, and many of her projects involve elements of collaboration or participation. Her subject matter has included ghosts, artificial intelligence, the Greek tragedy Philoctetes, reproductive terms used in printmaking, the Dirty War in Argentina, and networks of corruption in the contemporary art world. She has a Substack newsletter, Sell the Painting, where she mostly writes about the financialization of art, but also uses that space for experimental artmaking and other forms of art writing. Originally from Southern Oregon, Adelaide resides in Seattle, Washington and has an MFA from The Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Instagram: @Adelaide_Blair
