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cans.
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bom out of O’Connell’s distasteful
Institute experience. An idea for “The
Anti-Warhol Musuem: Proposals for
the Socially Responsible Disposal of
Warholia,” a miniature limited-edition
book that because of its design can be
set up to look like a star-shaped build
ing.
O’Connell put the offset press-pro
duced book on sale in 1994, but three
years and 20 art shows later she is still
getting requests to display the work.
“The Anti-Warhol Museum” will be
part of Gallery 9’s “Nebraska Book
Arts Center Showcase,” which has its
opening reception Friday at 7 p.m.
The work’s appeal is in its mes
sage as much as its design, O’Connell
said. Each “page” consists of three
parts: a message about some social
injustice, a tiny reprint of a Warhol
painting and a suggestion for how the
money museums and galleries gain
from selling Warhol pieces can be used
to right social injustices.
For example: “Proposal No.5: Eu
ropean and American institutions
holding Warhol’s ‘Statue of Liberty'
ought to be funding refugee resettle
ment program* and immigration ef
forts.”
“The Anti-Warhol Museum” is
actually a departure from the hand
made book medium in which
Letterpress books an art
ByJohnFulwtoer
Senior Editor
Bonnie O’Connell’s work is
part of an exhibit of book arts
curated by Denise Brady, coordi
nator of the University of Nebraska
at Omaha’s Nebraska Book Arts
Center.
O’Connell’s machine-printed
piece actually isn’t representative
of most works in the exhibit.
All but two or three of the other
works are made by a different print
ing process called letterpress. It’s
the “traditional” method of lining
up by hand rows upon rows (upon
rows upon rows) of individual let
ters cast in lead or another metal
on a rack. The rack of letters is
inked, then pressed into a piece of
paper.
Some would say letterpress
printing isn’t art, it’s a craft. Brady
says it’s both. Letterpress is a craft
in that it requires perfection by
practice of a repetitive hand skill.
“On the other hand, someone
said when technology becomes ob
solete, it becomes art,” she says.
Indeed, letterpress printing tech
nology has become obsolete among
commercial printers, which mass
produce books entirely by elec
tronic automation.
Art books are just a pleasure to
read, Brady says — filled with ex
cellent writing (original poetry or
stories), interesting illustrations
and beautiful handmade paper.
Such books give the reader a
connection to the artist that’s im
possible with a painting hung on a
wall. The reader touches the hard
work and care that went into plac
ing each letter just so, getting the
texture of the paper just right.
And unlike that painting on a
wall, the person of average finan
cial means can own an art book.
They’re typically produced in edi
tions of 100-200 copies and cost
around $20-35, she said.
“These are books that are just a
pleasure to read.”
O’Connell usually works.
The Gallery 9 show will feature
some of O’Connell’s more traditional
works that employ letterpress instead
of offset printing techniques.
One bode, “A Decade of Kooser
Valentines” is a collection of 10 an
nual valentines written by famed Ne
braska poet Ted Kooser. Look inside
the book for a new feature O’Connell
recently figured out how to accomplish
— a pop-up heart in the centerfold.
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Artist cuts, weaves watercolor works
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The effect she gets from weaving
together two paintings intrigues her.
She has to be careful to make parts of
the two paintings similar enough that
there is a recognizable focal point,
because the image gets more and more
distorted as she weaves out from the
focal point.
“I think you can tell your story
through art,” Axthelm said.
And she does — her story is of a
woman who loved art as a child and
transformed her fabric shop in Ord
into an art gallery. She tries to spread
her love of art to the next generation
and is making art well into retirement.
“You’re never too old to love art,”
she said.
Or too young.
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