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Southfirst Gallery is pleased to
announce the existence of a recently completed series of sixty-
four GiclŽe
prints made from four-color notebook drawing poem images from the Ôagricultural
yearÕ 2003-2005 in Bolinas,
California (rainy season to rainy season—a sort of ShepherdÕs
Calendar without shepherd or sheep) called 64 (accidentally (?) being our poet/artistÕs
age at the
time) by fundamental/foundational language poet (ÔartistÕ?)
Robert Grenier.
Rough translations of the texts of the 64 drawing poem prints (into ÔAmericanÕ, as
they say in
France) showing their organizations into sets of 2,
4, 6 and 8 (roughly in accord with months of
said ÔyearÕ) are as follows:
TWO INTRODUCTORY IMAGES
1.
AFTER/NOON/SUN/SHINE (April 2004)
2.
RED W/OOOD/RED/WOODS (February 2004)
SIX POEMS / NOVEMBER
2003-JANUARY 2004
9. SHOWER/AFTER/DARK/RAINS
10. MOON/ITÕS/THE/RE
11. FROGS/GOING/SANE/MAD
12. ANY/AND/EVERY/FROG
13. SNOW/PEAS/IN/GROUND
14. PLUM/AND/PLUM/WHITE
15. DARK/IT/OFTEN/WAS
16. BEES/CYPRESS/TREE/HIVE
FOUR POEMS / APRIL 2004
17. CORN/SHOOTS/UP AN/INCH
18. LEAP/ROUND/UP/DOWN
19. ELBOW/POLE/BEAN/UP
20. DANCE/STEP/COME/SPRING
21. THRUSH/WHICH/MESMER/IZES
22. MOOS/OUR/NEIGH/BOR
23. 14/SWEET/WILL/IAMS
24. NOT/THERE/AT/ALL
25. SUSIE/I/LOVE/YOU
26. POLE/BEAN/FLOW/ERS
27. APRI/COT/JAM/JAR
28. AMY/HERE/MY/GIRL
29. BLUE/SKY/JUNE/DAY
30. WOW/CLOUDS/YOU/SEE
31. PLANT/SEED/POTA/TOES
32. ROUND/LAGOON/CANOE/ING
33. ROSE/BUSH/A/TREE
34. FLOW/ERS/AND/BUDS
35. SOLI/TARY/BARE/FOOT
36. SUNS/HINE/BACK/YARD
37. BLUE/SKY/HOT/DAY
38. YELLOW/JACKETS/SEEK/ING
39. ORIGI/NAL/MOON/RISES
40. ROUND/ROUND/POND/SWIM
41. WATER/THE/PEAR/TREE
42. DEER/TO/DO/OR
43. YELLOW/AND/GREEN/BEANS
44. NUM/BER/OF/STARS
45. SEED/GLOBE/DANDE/LION
46. FRESH/AIR/6/AM
47. FRONT/TEETH/PAPER/THIN
48. GRAVE/NSTEINS/REDDEN/YELLOW
49. GOLD/DELI/CIOU/S
50. POTATO/POTATO/POTATO/POTATO
FOUR POEMS / OCTOBER 2004
51. PUMP/KINS/ON/PORCH
52. CREAK/KING/EUCA/LYPTS
53. A/MOTOR/CYCLE/ROAR
54. JUST/AT/DARK/WIND
55. STORM/FROM/OCE/AN
56. BLUE/ROSE/MARY/FLOWERS
57. TOMATO/VINES/ARE/BLACK
58. VIGOR/IN MY/RIGHT/HAND
59. BEGIN/DARK/COLD/RAINS
60. FALLOW/DEER/ANT/LERS
61. COYO/TES/HERE/THERE
62. ACTUAL/WHOLE/MOON/SEEN
TWO CONCLUDING IMAGES
63. OWL/AN/OWL/OWL (March 2005)
64. MOON/HALF/OR/1/4 (June 2005)
The prints in the introductory and concluding sets
of 2 and in the groups of 4 and 8 are each 17-
1/2 x 23-3/8Ó and priced at $350, whereas those in
the two groups of 6 are each 15-1/4 x 17-1/2Ó
and are priced at $300. The 4-
and 6-print groupings are also available as ÒsetsÓ ($1,200 and
$1,600 respectively) which
come as either cut single prints, or as one large uncut sheet.
All are printed on HahnemŸhle
308 gsm Photo Rag Paper. Produced on an Epson Stylus Pro
9500 printer at 1440/720
dpi with six, pigment-based, archival inks, these GiclŽe
prints (properly
conserved) have a projected life of
at least 100 years.
Robert Grenier has declared the full cycle of 64
prints to be a limited/signed edition of 12
(whether 12 will ever be
printed is a fascinating question best left to Ôthe FatesÕ and/or speculators
in the life work of Robert Grenier!); interested persons are encouraged to contact Maika
Pollack
at Southfirst
(718-599-4884).
A show of the 64 prints was held in spring
2008 in Bury, Lancashire, as part of the second Text
Festival organized by Tony Trehy (Arts & Museums Manager for the Bury Metropolitan
Council), who acquired one
set of 64 for the permanent collection of the Bury Museum. A large
print is also in the collection of the U. C. Berkeley
Art Museum.