Gordon, Kim and John Miller

Kim Gordon, The Noise Paintings

New York, JMc & GHB Editions, 2010. 4to.; unbound signatures; 90 pp.; 40 full color illustrations; held in cardboard ribbon-tied folder; laid in pale green, cloth-covered clamshell box, with decorative folder holding original drawing, letter pressed title page, and cassette tape.

JMc & GHB Editions are very happy to announce a new edition, Kim Gordon, The Noise Paintings. This special edition is made in partnership with Ecstatic Peace Library and comprises an artist’s portfolio reproducing 40 works from Gordon’s series of works on canvas, The Noise Paintings, laid in to a custom made cloth covered clamshell case which holds an original, unique watercolor and an original recording on cassette tape. This is an edition of 26 lettered copies. Inspired by the names of various noise bands, Gordon’s expressive, graffiti-like paintings display qualities of homage as well as obsession. The edition, a visual production with an aural dimension, is simple enough but presents complex conceptual underpinnings which address issues pertaining to language and image, structure and chaos, singularity and series. The portfolio holds three unbound printed signatures and features a text introduction by John Miller, and full page color illustrations of The Noise Paintings series. Held with a letter pressed title page, the portfolio rests on a built in block with a decorative paper folder which contains the original art work, and a signed, lettered cassette that sits into a recess.

$4,000