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'.

Peter Chasseaud, Altazimuth Press, at London Artists Book Fair 2007

I'm showing my artists books, including Kings Cross, Thames - The London River, and Afghanistan - A Journey, at the London Artists Book Fair (LAB 07) at the ICA, The Mall (near Trafalgar Square), London, from 23rd to 25th November.

I'll also be showing some work-in-progress for my new artist's book inspired by Isaac Rosenberg's poems from the front. This includes pochoir and hand-painted images. I'll post some images soon.

LAB 07 public opening times:
Friday 23rd 12 – 6.30
Saturday 24th 11 – 7
Sunday 25th 11 - 5

Isaac Rosenberg, Marseilles, Lausanne

Photo of me painting in my studio during the Phoenix Open in October 2007. Photo credit: David Flindall.

I'm currently working on a new artists book inspired by the poems of Isaac Rosenberg. I hope to have some details of this ready for the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair at Oxford Brooks University on Sat 3rd and Sun 4th November, and certainly by the London Artists Book Fair (LAB'07) at the ICA at the end of November. I'll have some speciment pages of text and images, and a specification, to look at.

I'll also be showing my existing artists books:

Kings Cross (2004)

Thames - The London River (2005)

Afghanistan - A Journey (2007)

and my smaller book about my Willows project (Willow/Wilg/Weide/Saule, 2007).

You can find out more about these books and projects elsewhere in my blog.

MARSEILLE & LAUSANNE

With Carolyn Trant (Parvenu Press), I recently travelled to Marseille for the annual book fair, which had a big artist books section organised by Atelier Vis-a-Vis, where we both had stands at the 'English Desk' showing our own artists books. Atelier Vis-a-Vis bought work from both of us, and in addition I sold a copy of my Afganistan-A Jouney book to a visitor to the fair. It was great to be able to visit Atelier Vis-a-Vis and hear of their incredibly ambitious plans for the future, including a new art school with 150 printing presses! What an amazing place for artists Marseille is! Why can't Britain be like this?

Marseille was wonderful - particularly the old part of the city on the Butte des Moulins, the Panier and Lenche districts, and of course the Bar de la Marine. The town museum by the Bourse was particularly good, with impressive displays, models and reconstructions of the history and archaeolgy of the city - Roman ships, amphorae filled with sardines and wine, a huge jar of grain, potteries, etc. Glorious sunshine most days, but a cold wind announcing the onset of autumn if not winter. Great restaurants here - particularly if you like fish. Travel by Eurostar and TGV as we did and (provided its daylight) you see a lot of the wonderful French countryside.

From Marseille we took the TGV to Geneva and changed for Lausanne, where we arrived in a freezing wind and stayed in the Backpacker Guesthouse with a wonderful 4th floor view of the historic railway station. In Lausanne we found, or were taken to, all the right places, including the Musee de l'Art Brut, the Romand restaurant, the Maharajah's Punjabi restaurant, and an Erotic Cabinet in a bookshop and art gallery. Our host in Lausanne was Stephane Fretz, of Art and Fiction publishers, and we were privileged to see the Art and Fiction office and studio and meet Stephane's colleagues there.

After this it was TGV back to Paris and a congested and claustrophobic Eurostar (with several non-working loos) to London. Now for the Oxford book fair! (and the LAB'07!).

Peter Chasseaud (Altazimuth Press) at Artists Book Fairs 2007

My studio in Brighton (Phoenix Arts Asociation, next to The Level and St Peter's Church) will be open to the public Fri 12 (5-8), Sat 13 (1-9) - Sun 14 (1-5) October 2007 (Phoenix Open weekend: www.phoenixarts.org). You can see my paintings and artists boks there, and also a new mini-installation relating to my new 'dark desires' project. I will be there on the Saturday and Sunday.

I will be showing my Kings Cross, Thames - The London River, Afghanistan - A Journey, and Ypres Willows artists books at the following artists book fairs this autumn (2007):

Marseille (20-21 October)

UK Fine Press Book Fair (Oxford Brooks University, 3-4 November)

LAB 07 (ICA, London, 23-25 November): link to Marcus Campbell/LAB 07 website:
http://www.marcuscampbell.co.uk/

Peter Chasseaud drawing at Ploegsteert, Belgium

A photo of me drawing a panorama at Ultimo Crater, Ploegsteert, Belgium, while working as artist in residence on the archaeological dig in July/August 2007.


Photo courtesy of Joanna Ramsay.