Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli • Irvine, CA

Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli
Memories of Egypt 
Limited Edition Artist Book
$470 for book in wrapper and translucent slip case
$615 for book in hard-sided pop-up box

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in
seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."
Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

This book tries to convey the explosion of information that both overwhelms and fascinates travelers who visit Egypt for the first time—as the artist herself experienced. Her photomontage images, as well as the unique structure of the book demonstrate how difficult it is to connect all the information pertaining to the area: geographically (with the maps of Northern and Southern Egypt, made from aerial maps printed on the fold out inserts) and culturally (the series of photographs of bazaars on the reverse accordion). Since the majority of the territory is desert, the book’s covers have been treated to allow the reader to feel the roughness of the sand and the smoothness of the water. Memories of Egypt is yellow (the desert) and blue (the river) to carry the reader on a tactile and visual trip along the Nile.

Offset printed limited edition artist book printed in Milan, Italy. Book measures 8 x 6.75 inches, opens out to: 34.5 x 6.75 inches. Inset accordion measures 7.5 x 6 inches, opens out to: 35.5 x 6 inches. Two Turkish-style folded maps pop out to 15.75 x 15.75 inches. Presented in a printed wrapper plus a transparent paper slip case. 2011. Edition of 100 numbered and signed .

To purchase this work please contact Laura at 23 Sandy Gallery.

Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli
The Caretaker
Limited Edition Artist Book
$275

Some secrets become obsessions and can change the course of one’s life. This metamorphosis is at the heart of The Caretaker, a short story based on the life of Mrs T. On her wedding day, her aunt, who she thought was her mother broke the secret about her parents’ identity. This shocking revelation slowly changed Mrs. T’s destiny and sent her off to roam about the world in search of her father.

Mrs. T’s Vietnamese mother had met a Chinese man in Hong-Kong, but their love story was short lived. Returning home to care for her dying mother, she realized she was pregnant. Two years after Mrs. T’s birth, her mother died and the Mrs. T was raised by her aunt, who hid the identity of her parents until her wedding day. Before the ceremony the bride received a box containing an old photo of a young man and a golden ring her mother had left for her. After spending the next 20 years raising her children, Mrs. T decides to leave her family to find her father. In order to finance her quest, she will work as a caretaker.

Offset printed limited edition artist book featuring a series of 14 photographs by the artist in Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia. Accordion book folds to 6 x 8.25 inches, opens out to 6 x 49 inches. Wrapper printed with fabric featured in one of the photographs. Story printed on inside of wrapper which is closed with bellyband with metal ornament. 2011. Edition of 100 signed and numbered. Printed in Milan, Italy.

To purchase this work please contact Laura at 23 Sandy Gallery.

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Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli
Secret Love
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One of my best friends recently told me she had been loving a man, secretly, since she was in college. Shocked by the news, I went roaming the freezing winter streets of Paris at night, trying to make sense of her conflicting feelings. As I was walking and taking pictures I envisioned painterly images reminiscent of the Impressionist movement and like its painters I wanted to catch particular fleeting impressions of color and light representing my state of mind and my friend’s dilemma. I experimented with layering multiple photographs to emphasize sensations of solitude, secrecy, loneliness, and missed opportunities. The 8-page book is nested in a jacket. It unfolds to reveal the “secret” which is written but not readable.

Pigmented digital prints on matte paper. Four-fold single sheet booklet structure. 5.25 x 7 inches. Unfolds to 12.5 x 18.5 inches. Enclosed in a wrap around jacket. Edition of 45.