L'aspect des choses
Year: 2004
Author: Joël Leick (*1961)
Artist: Joël Leick (*1961)
Solo works
The solo works sometimes also appear in printed editions: in 1996 the publisher Rouleau libre released a limited edition of Il y a des paysages, for which Leick created the text as well as the illustrations. In most cases, these solo works do not include any printed texts, but only handwritten notes, making them unique works. The diary L'aspect des choses belongs to the latter category. The texts were transcribed fragments from Leick's diary: observations, resolutions and sudden ideas. He ran black paint over the paper and glued photographs and photo collages into the book. Gaps were also cut into the paper in order to emphasise aspects of collages on subsequent pages: the texture of surfaces or paint, or isolated body parts like eyes or breasts. According to the poet Salah Stétié, Leick was most concerned with fragmentation, in which the human body sometimes strongly resembles phenomena from the world of plants and minerals.
Bibliographical description
Description: L'aspect des choses : extraits / [Manuscrit, avec des photographies et des textes, entièrement écrit et enluminé de la main de Joël Leick]. – [Paris : Leick], 2004. - [23] p. : ill. ; 35 cm
Note: Manuscript, with photos, illustrations and text by Joël Leick. Unique copy on Arches, signed by the artist
Bibliography: Bénézit 8-461
Shelfmark: KW Koopm K 408
References
- Paul van Capelleveen, Sophie Ham, Jordy Joubij, Voices and visions. The Koopman Collection and the Art of the French Book. The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands; Zwolle, Waanders, 2009
- Paul van Capelleveen, Sophie Ham, Jordy Joubij, Voix et visions. La Collection Koopman et l'Art du Livre français. La Haye, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Bibliothèque nationale des Pays-Bas; Zwolle, Waanders, 2009
- Paul van Capelleveen, 'Joël Leick', in: Artists & others. The imaginative French book in the 21st century. Koopman Collection, National Library of the Netherlands. Nijmegen, Vantilt Publishers, 2016, p. 176-179
- Joël Leick: le vu, le peint, l'écrit: livres à 2 voix, livres d'artiste, polaroïds, œuvres sur papier. Aix-en-Provence, Cité du Livre, 2005