Varsha

NY: Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 2012. One of 150 copies. Signed by the artist. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated, accordionfold. An homage to India and the monsoon season, Shettar's book recreates the comings and goings of heavy rains and vegetation in a range of media, including solarplate and spit-bite etchings, silkscreens, woodcuts, and pigment prints. Occasional cut-out circles suggest the constellations peeking through the rush of an overcast sky. Realizing the project was a collaborative venture, recruiting many contributors from the Northeast: the seven woodcuts were editioned by The Grenfell Press (NYC), the pigment print at Singer Editions (Boston), the laser-cutting of the paper by Tietz-Bacon (Brooklyn), the binding and printing by Mark Tomlinson (Easthampton, MA). Bound in (very) heavy metal covers reminiscent of a clear night sky. Fine. Housed in solander box with tissue guards throughout.