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Shu-Ju Wang • Portland, OR
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Shu-Ju Wang
Nigrum
Limited Edition Artist Book
SOLD OUT!

Three poems dedicated to the Piper Nigrum, the most humble of our spices, the black pepper. Initially inspired by a chili eating contest at a Thai restaurant, the book evolved to explore the history of the spice trade in SE Asia. Shown in above photo is the book opened to show pages of both the front and back sides; the back side contains a map of the Banda Islands (the Spice Islands).

Excerpt from the third poem Twist reads:
Fire eaters gather around a perculiar
feast of sunsets sprinkled with stardust burnt to black/
Papaya with pepper & chili with wild rice
extra hot pad Thai with one more habanero/

Edition of 40, plus one display copy. Gocco printed on black French Speckletone Cover. Bound as a palm leaf book with cotton embroidery thread, black glass buttons, and black Japanese Unryu. 8.5” x 1.25” x 0.25” closed, 8.5” x 20” opened. 2004.

Shu-Ju Wang
Da(3)Pai(2)
Limited Edition Artist Book
$65

A full deck of 54 cards that trace the evolution of 52 Chinese characters from their original pictographs to their contemporary forms. The heart and diamond suits illustrate the evolution of 26 radicals, and the spade and club suits show these radicals used in complex, combination characters. Based on the book Chinese Calligraphy by Edoardo Fassioli and Guo Yu Ri Bao Zi Dian, a Chinese dictionary.

Shown are the wrap-around cover, 1 card face and partial card back in Astroparche Antique Gold; Evergreen Cover Aspen sold out. Gocco printed 3 1/8” x 2 1/8”, Astroparche Antique Gold version—5/8" deep. 2008.

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Artist Biography

Born and raised in Taiwan, and trained as an engineer, Shu-Ju Wang settled in Oregon after stays in Saudi Arabia, California, and New Jersey. In 2000, she left engineering to become a full time artist. With an immigrant’s eye, Shu-Ju paints a portrait of her sometimes wonderful, sometimes unsettling, first generation American life.

Shu-Ju tells us, "With a few exceptions, my editioned artist's books are created with the Print Gocco and can be found at rare book collections and university libary collections throughout North America; they have also been featured in numerous publications.

My work tends to be personal and intimate, and like everyone else's lives, that means things range from introspective to wacky to political indignation. And where I go, my books go."