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My new zine “Fig.79” published by @nievesbooks in an edition of 100. 16 Pages, 14 x 20 cm, b/w photocopy. Like all Nieves zines, it sells for $8. “Like much of Lexier’s work, this zine is based on a found image. In this case, a diagram labeled ‘Fig.79 – Evaporation in a closed vessel’ found in a vintage science book. Working from this small illustration, with his frequent collaborator Lisa Naftolin, Lexier has rationalized and concretized this drawing of minuscule water droplets forming and dissipating, standardizing it into a series of graduated dots and lines. This imagery has taken many forms including wall drawings, a boxed sticker set, a die-cut multiple, gallery invitations and posters, a printed t-shirt, gallery attendant smocks and more.”

My contribution to Magic Show’s latest project – Magic Show Act 7 El sueño de la razón produce monstruos (The sleep of reason produces monsters.) Contributions take the form of tattoo flash designs which exist on a limited-edition poster and also made available for the public to tattoo on their bodies. More info available at @magic_show_world

This is an appreciation post for the wonderful British artist, Lolly Batty, who died last month. I’m a big fan of her work and although I never met her personally, she was one of the 12 artists that I collaborated with on my 2023 exhibition Five Shapes. For this series, I sent each collaborator a scaled template and asked them to place my five shapes within a square area, which I would then turn into a wall-size artwork. Lolly was assisted on the project by her dear friend @ianwhittlesea, who I am very indebted to. The last three images are Lolly’s contributions to my Five Shapes project with the very last image being the template she sent me. The rest of the images are from her iconic Philatelic Items series. Here is a description of Batty’s Philatelic series, from her 2022 exhibition at St James’s Church, Piccadilly (8) - curated by @rhmparry “Batty has been working with stamps since 2010, when she discovered that she could buy sheets of four hundred 1 and 2 pence stamps at her local post office. The generic Machin stamp (introduced in 1967 and showing the Queen’s head against a single colour background) was the only choice, but one that she would have made anyway – she’s said “I liked the ‘given’ colours, and that I didn’t need to make a decision.” She began sending her friends envelopes with the necessary postage arranged in different patterns, each containing a self-addressed envelope (with its own pattern of stamps) for them to be returned to her in. Having previously made sculptures that took the form of interlocking tiles she’s said “I initially saw the stamps as small tiles, differently coloured and with numbers on them. The arrangements of stamps became increasingly complicated, and Batty began exploring mathematical and geometric ideas in series – some envelopes have ‘magic squares’ where each row, column and diagonal add up to the same number, others only prime numbers, while others explore the Fibonacci sequence.” There are approximately 500 envelopes in the series, some 220 of which are documented in the wonderful book ‘Philatelic Items’ (12, 13) published in 2022 by @theeverydaypressbunkerbasement #lollybatty

I’ve created a new multiple on the occasion of last Saturday’s Collaborative Drawing event at @mkg127. The boxed multiple consists of 50 letterpress-printed sheets and a custom clear acrylic template so you can create your own drawings. Limited to only 8 copies.

Yellow template by @josequintanar_artist Orange template by @ramsdam

A little sampling of the hands of the people who made a collaborative drawing with me at @mkg127 yesterday. We made exactly 40 drawings during the 6-hour event. The youngest participant was a teenager and the oldest was 92 (final image - Clive was unable to use the supplied template but made a beautiful freehand drawing instead). The collaborators made their drawing first and mine was made in response to theirs. Thanks to everyone who came out to draw or observe yesterday.

MKG127 hosted my collaborative drawing event on Saturday, November 8th from 12pm to 6 pm. Drawings were based on my wall drawing “Fig.79”, which was on view at the gallery @mkg127. Drawing participants wore a necklace related to the shape they were drawing—lines or dots—and were supplied with a template and a pencil and given three minutes to complete their portion of the drawing. I did the same with my shape. Drawings were made on a custom letterpress-printed sheet and at the conclusion of the drawing session the collaborator was given the actual drawing to take home, once it has been scanned. In addition, a new boxed multiple, “Fig.79 Drawing Kit,” produced in a limited edition of eight and consisting of 50 letterpress-printed sheets and an acrylic template, was launched and is available for purchase from the gallery.

Endre Tót (born in Hungary in 1937 but presently living in Berlin) was a big correspondent and made a lot of mail art projects. I was very fortunate to acquire this little grouping when I was in Belgium last week. One of the things that really excites me is his use of rubberstamps and stickers. Here are a few examples. These were all sent to the Belgian artist Jacques Charlier.

1. Template 2. Timer 3. Pencil 4. Drawing Sheet 5. Dot Necklace 6. Line Necklace If you are in Toronto this Saturday, November 8th, I invite you to make a collaborative drawing with me at @mkg127 from noon to 6pm. Drawings will be based on my wall drawing “Fig.79”, presently on view at @mkg127 

Drawing participants will wear a necklace related to the shape they will be drawing—lines or dots—and will be supplied with a template and a pencil and given three minutes to complete their portion of the drawing. I will do the same with my shape.

Drawings will be made on a custom letterpress-printed sheet and at the conclusion of the drawing session the collaborator will be given the actual drawing to take home, once it has been scanned. Drawings are made on a first come, first served basis.
 In addition, a new boxed multiple, “Fig.79 Drawing Kit,” produced in a limited edition of eight and consisting of 50 letterpress-printed sheets and an acrylic template, will be launched on Saturday. Please contact @mkg127 to pre-order.

We made a day trip to Gent specifically to check out Ewout’s amazing out-of-print bookstore @outofstockbooks. It’s a dream store – like something out of a movie, filled with gem after gem. I was in heaven. The day was capped with a visit to @herbertfoundation for the opening of their Lawrence Weiner exhibition, which will be the subject of its own post. Thanks for the memorable day Ewout.

Another highlight of the Amsterdam trip was my visit to Roger at the studio of @roma.publications, located behind their exhibition space @enter___enter (last 2 images). Roma is one of my all time favourite art book publishers. They produce the most beautiful publications and are best known for their ongoing collaboration with the design legend, Karel Martens. @martens__martens Roger also has an impressive library (image 10) which we spent a bit of time looking through. It was so great to finally see their studio/office.

A tale of two green stripes – Last Friday I went to the outdoor used book market in Spui (Amsterdam) and purchased Daniel Buren’s 1975 Kunstmuseum Luzern catalogue (left), ostensibly for the green-striped, double-page spreads peppered throughout the publication. A few hours later I stopped in to visit Roger at @roma.publications and he shared with me their latest project with Karel Martens - a wallpaper pack, consisting of 12 sheets of A4 paper each page a single vertical line in various widths and colours. Each pack was a random/unique selection of line widths/colours. The very first sheet Roger showed me was the sheet on the right. I was still carrying the Buren book with me so I took it out to show Roger. We were both pretty taken by the coincidence. @martens__martens