Self Artist's Book by Alisa Banks
This piece was featured in the August 2023 issue of The Fore Edge, a quarterly newsletter from MCBA that highlights new artist’s books and zines for collections, universities, and libraries. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, there is a sign up available here. Past featured pieces can be viewed here.
"Self was initiated during the uncertainty, casualty, and reckoning that occurred during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as an exercise to help examine, position, and care for self, particularly in ways that have the potential to open up possibilities for dialog. It serves as a reminder that the power to choose how to initiate conversation, to resist, to speak out, to consider, to share, and to listen in any given situation resides within." -Alisa Banks
Case: 7.5” x 7.5“ x 1”
Book: 6.75” x 6.75” x 0.5”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
This piece was featured in the August 2023 issue of The Fore Edge, a quarterly newsletter from MCBA that highlights new artist’s books and zines for collections, universities, and libraries. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, there is a sign up available here. Past featured pieces can be viewed here.
"Self was initiated during the uncertainty, casualty, and reckoning that occurred during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as an exercise to help examine, position, and care for self, particularly in ways that have the potential to open up possibilities for dialog. It serves as a reminder that the power to choose how to initiate conversation, to resist, to speak out, to consider, to share, and to listen in any given situation resides within." -Alisa Banks
Case: 7.5” x 7.5“ x 1”
Book: 6.75” x 6.75” x 0.5”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
This piece was featured in the August 2023 issue of The Fore Edge, a quarterly newsletter from MCBA that highlights new artist’s books and zines for collections, universities, and libraries. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, there is a sign up available here. Past featured pieces can be viewed here.
"Self was initiated during the uncertainty, casualty, and reckoning that occurred during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as an exercise to help examine, position, and care for self, particularly in ways that have the potential to open up possibilities for dialog. It serves as a reminder that the power to choose how to initiate conversation, to resist, to speak out, to consider, to share, and to listen in any given situation resides within." -Alisa Banks
Case: 7.5” x 7.5“ x 1”
Book: 6.75” x 6.75” x 0.5”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
Alisa Banks (she/her) is a visual artist based in Dallas, Texas who investigates connections to contemporary culture, her Creole heritage, and the African diaspora through the lenses of home, terrain, and the body, using Southern Louisiana as a point of entry. Her sculptural artist books, mixed media work, and textile collages, often incorporate fibers and found materials and reference traditional craft forms. Alisa’s work has been exhibited in internationally, and is housed in private and public collections, including the Smithsonian Institution, the US Library of Congress, The Schomburg Center, and The British Library.
