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Karen Hanmer
Ed Hutchins
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Caroyln Leigh
Susan Lowdermilk
Emily Marks
Lise Melhorn-Boe
Patrice Miller
The Movable Book Society
Johanne Renbeck
Laura Russell
Carolyn Shattuck
Fruma Shrensel
C. David Thomas
Strike Three Press
Jill Timm
Fran Watson
Joelle Webber
Beverly Wilson
Ziggurat Press

Karen Hanmer
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Integration of Structure and Content

"The flag book, like other dynamic book structures, has the unfortunate potential to overwhelm content and artistic intent.  Not so for Karen Hanmer’s flag book Letter Home.  Here the book’s structure and its exterior and interior environments are fully integrated with content to embody and illuminate meaning.  Using family photographs and dual, private voices – a letter to family and an interior commentary – Hanmer creates a visual narrative/diorama of Midwestern roots, geographic displacement, familial relationships, personal and interpersonal anxieties, and 1950’s cultural transition.  The work evokes emotions of longing and loss without being sentimental, as well as hope for the future that is flavored with Midwestern pragmatism.  The revelatory quality of Hanmer’s flag book is quite appropriate to its content, creating a satisfying and multi-layered experience for the viewer." -- Max Yela, Head, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Pigment inkjet prints, fully open size 8” x 19” x 3”. Edition of 20, $500. Last Copy.

Karen Hanmer
karen@karenhanmer.com
www.karenhanmer.com

 

 

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