22Nov 2023 by Lab Chief No Comments
Own a Museum Collectible

Own a Museum Collectible

Artist Book
I am thrilled to announce that my limited edition artist book, Amore e Roma: The Red Under the City of Rome is now available at 2 amazing bookstores specializing in rare editions! You can find Amore e Roma in stock at Familiar Trees in Great Barrington and at MASS MoCA’s Research & Development (R&D) Store. The book is based on the series of over 200 red paintings I made while living in Rome in 1997-98. It's included in the special collections of both the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney ~ and now you can add it to your collection!   Edition of 30. Each book is signed, numbered, and hand-tied with red satin ribbon.  (See full description below.) USD $450 
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17Nov 2013 by Lab Chief No Comments
The Collaborative Scroll

The Collaborative Scroll

Artist Book, Creative Activism, Project
First exhibited in 2001, The Collaborative Scroll was part of an installation I created at the New Marlborough Meeting House in New Marlborough, MA. On that piece of paper I shared one of my deepest, most shameful secrets about childhood sexual assault.  The night before the opening, I considered cutting that portion of the scroll off and choosing to exhibit it blank instead.  Struggling with the fear of what I imagined the experience would feel like if I went ahead and exhibited the scroll (something akin to standing stark naked in the gallery during the opening reception, completely vulnerable, open and scared) I agonized for hours over what to do. Ultimately, I decided I had to keep my story in. . . If I hide my story than I'm just…
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17Nov 2013 by Lab Chief No Comments
Amore e Roma

Amore e Roma

Artist Book
[caption id="attachment_102" align="alignleft" width="300"] Amore e Roma, Artist Book by Gabrielle Senza © 1998[/caption] Amore e Roma, The Red Under the City of Rome is a limited edition artist’s book featuring a selection of works from Garbrielle Senza’s Seeing Red / Amore e Roma series of works on parchment. The series, started while living in Rome in 1997, examines contemporary issues facing women today. Love, trust, passion, hate, incest, rape and domestic violence are a few of the challenges women of all ages are confronted with every day. Gabrielle Senza’s book is the first part of an ongoing multi-media project that aims to give voice to the voiceless.  Amore e Roma contains ten acetate pages of images and text printed digitally and backed with white sheets of 80 lb. paper.…
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