Peter Chasseaud, Altazimuth Press, at Modern Works on Paper Fair 2008

Peter Chasseaud / Altazimuth Press

I'm showing my artist's books at

The Modern Works on Paper Art Fair

The Royal Academy of Arts

6 Burlington Gardens, London,

I will be on Stand 8 in the 'Covered' section devoted to artists' books.

The dates of the Fair are:
Wed 30th Jan, 3-9.30 (Preview); Thur 31st Jan, 11-9; Fri 1st Feb, 11-8.30; Sat 2nd Feb, 11-6;

Sun 3rd Feb, 11-5.30

Work on show will include the following:

Kings Cross

Thames - The London River

Afghanistan - A Journey

Rosenberg (work in progress)

Peter Chasseaud, Rosenberg page images

Rosenberg artist's book by Peter Chasseaud; work in progress December 2007. Here are images of some of the pages I'm currently working on. The format is approx. 15 x 20 inches (37 x 50 cm).
This book is very different from my earlier artist's books, which combined photographic images with my poetic texts. In the Rosenberg book I'm experimenting with a mixture of pochoir (stencil), hand-painting using acrylic paint, and mixed-media (paper, canvas, metal, wood, etc.), on Khadi hand-made paper, which has a lovely weight and texture. The stencilling brings to mind the utilitarian lettering on trench nameboards and on shells, boxes of ammunition, rations, etc. Some of the sheets are white, and others grey-black. Although the book will incorporate the texts of some of Isaac Rosenberg's poems, I am concentrating on the overall design and 'objectness' of the book - its materiality - and in particular the creation of appropriate images. I like the immediacy of bold and simple signs and geometric shapes, such as were used by the Dada and Constructivist artists of the early 20th century - the period of Rosenberg's war service. I'm also experimenting with incorporating maps and other war documents and materials into the pages. The book can be seen on my stand in the 'Covered' section of the British Works on Paper Fair at Burlington House, London, 31st Jan - 1st Feb 2008 (PV evening 30th Jan).

Peter Chasseaud, Isaac Rosenberg images at LAB07

Images of work-in-progress (acrylic paint and pochoir on Khadi hand-made paper) for my new artist's book inspired by the war poetry of Isaac Rosenberg. The completed book, which commemorates the 90th anniversary of Rosenberg's death in action on the Western Front in early 1918, will be launched at the Modern Works on Paper Fair at Burlington House (behind the Royal Academy), London, at the end of January. I am also planning to show work-in-progress towards my new book/installation (working title 'The Erotic Cabinet').

Dates for the Works on Paper Fair are:

Wed 30 Jan (evening only - Private View)

Thurs 31 Jan

Fri 1 Feb

Sat 2 Feb

Sun 3 Feb

My work will be on show in the part of the Fair dealing with artists' books, called 'Covered'.