all that is lost

Description:	Edition of 10. In 2010 myself and many other artists who make books were invited to create three books for the exhibition, An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, representing the books destroyed or damaged in the explosion.I thought of all those that had lost loved ones, the fragility of life and the strength of a family to endure such loss when it is out of time. The project is both a lament and a commemoration of the singular power of books.The targeted attack on this street of the booksellers, using such indiscriminate brute force to maim and kill, is ultimately futile.Books, libraries and the people who make them, have been destroyed countless times, since 48 BC with the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, through Nazis Germany up to and including Al-Mutanabbi Street. But people will persevere. And, as reliable as the turning of the seasons more poets, writers, artists and philosophers will step forward to bring their ideas into the light. (Teacup press blogspot)
Created By:	Baker, Mavina
Contributor(s):	Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition
Publisher:	Teacup Press
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/AMSSH/id/1126
Collection:	Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	artists book art bookworks letterpress printing, prints

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