Lecture: Maddy Rosenberg

   

  Maddy Rosenberg is a talented artist who has caught my attention with her beautiful book arts. As a student of book arts, I've seen many different styles and know how difficult these can be. Many of hers look simplistic yet difficult to create. She is a very successful artist who even owns her own gallery!

Shadow of Decent

different sides like a cube. It was black and white and it folded up into a book box that was very well made and really stuck with the theme.  I think this book was one of the best pieces that she talked about because it was so detailed and beautiful. Also it told a story through paper cut outs rather than words.

Speaking of words, she also did another book called Memory (1996). During the lecture, she mentioned that she had created this book for a show but was told that the book did not have any words in it. She mentioned that the book told a story through art, but she did what they wanted her to do anyway. She went back and designed the book with words surrounding the images. The word that repeated throughout the book was 'word.' I really appreciate the style and idea behind the book. Too be honest, i think the word 'word' repeated made the book a little more interesting and found it funny since she sarcastically put in actual 'words' in her book. I also liked how she mentioned the sizes of all her works, and this one specifically was so small it fit in the palm of her hand. Creating small books that look that good is extremely difficult to accomplish. 

Patchwork

    Besides her books, she also mentioned some paintings that she has done in the past.  One of my least favorite pieces was a painting called Patchwork (1996). I thought this fell short because I was a little confused about the idea behind the painting and also though it lacked many things. The white space was too much and would have worked better if the images were larger, in my opinion. Besides that painting, I enjoyed many others she presented.

     I think that her work is extremely valuable to the art community because of her creative book arts, which is not a huge medium and also her paintings which she has also mastered. It would have been nice to see more of her work during the lecture, but I could always find things on her site. I think her strong point are her book creations rather than her paintings. Although they're well done, I feel as though they lack potential.