Mariah Robertson Book of Details 2022 Fine SC Abstract Photogram Artist Book

Robertson, Mariah. 2022.

English Language, Limited 2022 Edition, SC 4to, 6" x 9", 36 pp. 

Fine perfectbound softcover in wraparound pictorial wraps, bold white lettering to front and back covers, tight binding, sharp tips, exhibiting no visible shelf wear. Self-published, one of 250 copies. Book of Details 2022 is a collection of full bleed detail shots of Robertson’s abstract photochemical and photogram works. Includes a short introduction, which states: "When things were very quiet at the beginning of the pandemic, I pulled out a couple hundred small works from the previous decade. These works moved in fleeting configurations around the studio, sometimes documented by a snapshot...Herein are the results."  

Mariah Robertson is an artist known primarily for work experimenting with darkroom techniques and materials. Her practice began in the late 1990's with improvisational performance work inspired by 1970's conceptual art and by an anthropological and philosophical study of various religions. Robertson applies these foundational strategies of inquiry across the photographic process, testing assumptions by inverting the gendered gaze, exploring technical and chemical processes, pushing physical properties to extremes, and challenging the relationship between frame and artwork. She encourages change and mutability by merging proficiency, curiosity, and a dose of knowing humor.