- Sarah Boris
- A Theatre of Shapes
The books are still visible after the exhibition ends on 5 October.
On the occasion of launching the new edition of Le Théâtre Graphique,
einBuch.haus invited Sarah Boris to showcase her artists’ book together
with corresponding artworks. Le Théâtre Graphique is an artists’ book born
from the happenstance of shifting shapes and colours.
In 2015, Sarah was invited for a solo show in the main theatre of the
seaside town Le Havre, France as part of Une Saison Graphique festival.
Set in the town’s main theatre, she staged her practice by creating
a fictional atelier which she titled Le Théâtre Graphique. She made a
screenprint featuring the sun and the sea. She then produced a site
specific artwork (related to the theatre) which was the inspiration for a
second screenprint. The fortuitous flipping of the waves as part of the
artist process finally revealed a theatre curtain.This analogy between
shape and form with a simple change of colour prompted Sarah to make a
book which is now in its third edition.
The exhibition at einBuch.haus will include the two original screenprints
from her 2015 exhibition as well as new artworks which Sarah created in
response to the third edition of Le Théâtre Graphique. Next to the artworks
presented in the exhibition space, other wordless books by Sarah will
be presented in the book shop space, such as Rainbow 1 and Rainbow
2 as well as her most recent book After the Rain. The display highlights
commonalities between the artists’ books, which draw on symbols,
colours and shapes. This is the first time that all the books have been
presented in one place.
Books have been forming an important basis in the work of artist Sarah
Boris and have become a starting point, continuation or end point to a
project. Some of her books have led to sculptures and drawings (such as
Rainbow), while others were informed by screen prints. Each book has
its own story, sometimes triggered by a pair of artworks, sometimes born
from the connection to a symbol leading to new artworks, sometimes born
from another book. Book making has undeniably become a seminal form
of expression in the body of the artist’s work.
