26 illustrations mounted onto boards. 13x13 cm (5x5"); in container 15.5x15.5x2.5 cm (6x6x1"), boards connected in accordion-style binding, tipped into paper container. Codice No. 10. An artist's book by London-born artist Brian Nissen depicting abstract figures, created during the artist's residence in Mexico. Inspired by the ancient Mesoamerican codices, Nissen created a series of book art objects that aimed to capture the spirit of the "pictograms, ideograms, signs, symbols, phonetic glyphs, rebus symbols, a language of accumulated repetitions, a grammar of juxtaposed color" found in the great Mixtec codices (artist's website).
26 illustrations mounted onto boards. 13x13 cm (5x5"); in container 15.5x15.5x2.5 cm (6x6x1"), boards connected in accordion-style binding, tipped into paper container. Codice No. 10. An artist's book by London-born artist Brian Nissen depicting abstract figures, created during the artist's residence in Mexico. Inspired by the ancient Mesoamerican codices, Nissen created a series of book art objects that aimed to capture the spirit of the "pictograms, ideograms, signs, symbols, phonetic glyphs, rebus symbols, a language of accumulated repetitions, a grammar of juxtaposed color" found in the great Mixtec codices (artist's website).
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