Jim Dine: Electrolyte in Blue

Hardback

Main Details

Title Jim Dine: Electrolyte in Blue
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jim Dine
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 346,Width 285
Category/GenreIndividual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9783958297524
ClassificationsDewey:741.973
Audience
General
Illustrations 100 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Steidl Publishers
Imprint Steidl Verlag
Publication Date 24 June 2021
Publication Country Germany

Description

In Jim Dine's bluntly honest words, Electrolyte in Blue is a "long hate poem" about "the evil in our now small world and those who unleashed it," exploring themes of anti-Semitism, racism, climate change, as well as the world leaders he condemns, strong among them Donald Trump. Dine's fury and disappointment are clear, yet his vision is not merely bleak. He lays his words over luminous etchings, aquatints and lithographs of botanical themes in buoyant color. Luscious foliage, flowers, fruit and vegetables celebrate the natural world and offer solace against the social, political and environmental concerns which Dine voices. The book is based upon the original Electrolyte in Blue, a unique book object in an edition of one, typeset and printed by hand by Ruth Lingen, with whom Dine has collaborated for decades. All in all Electrolyte in Blue is a macabre and glorious document, dark and light, full of compelling contradictions, and with Dine's "dilemma of trying to stay human and alive under the present circumstances" at its center. This book is about me being 85 years old and doing exactly what I want to do. - Jim Dine

Author Biography

Born in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jim Dine completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ohio University in 1957 and has since become one of the most profound and prolific contemporary artists. Dine's unparalleled career spans 60 years, and his work is held in numerous private and public collections. His books with Steidl include Pinocchio (2006), Hot Dream (52 Books) (2008), A Printmaker's Document (2013), Paris Reconnaissance (2018), 3 Cats and a Dog (Self-portrait) (2019) and The Secret Drawings (2020).