Barbara Freeman, In Parallel, Ormeau Baths Gallery, 1998, Near Fine square 4to

Freeman, Barbara. Belfast, Ormeau Baths Gallery, 1998. 

English, First Edition, Near Fine, Hard Cover, square 4to, 8” x 8,” 58 pp.

ISBN: 1900128071

Full-color pictorial wrap covering boards, image detail of Freeman’s art to front, white text to front and back, 1” printed gray wrap to spine, black endpapers. Bumping to corners, side edge, bottom edge, head and tail of spine, otherwise tightly bound, clean throughout, and excellent. 58 pp. Replete with full-color images of Freeman’s works, black-and-white and full-color diagrams. Complete with essay and notes by David Brett. Created in collaboration with Michael Alcorn, Ian Wilson, Nicola LeFanu, and David Lumsdaine. Includes CD at the back of the book with “Patina” by Michael Alcorn, “Phosphorus” by Ian Wilson, and “Gathering Paths” by Nicola LeFanu and David Lumsdaine performed by Joel Moors, percussion. The “In Parallel” installation features art made by Freeman that “investigates, explores, develops and plays with the relations between visual art and music” (from David Brett's essay). The text provides theories about the connection between music and art including historical, neurological, and structural. Freeman collaborates with contemporary musicians and composers to create works of art representative of the music.