Judith Golden
Albuquerque, NM

Dissociation

$1800

www.judithgolden.com

Artist Statement

Death, rebirth, love and loss are reoccurring themes in my one-of-a-kind artist’s books. Dreams, notes from my journals, dictionary definitions, and poetry serve as text threads weaving through pages of photographs, collage, and paint.

In the fall of 2006 I read an article on dissociation. The author, a therapist, pointed out that early emotional trauma can cause the individual to bury the experience so deeply it will not be remembered.  If not brought to consciousness, the psyche cannot heal. 

What experience might I be blocking? This book, Dissociation, is the result of my exploration. 

Type:               Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1526
Paper:              Black Arches Cover
Text:                Silver ink
Collage:           Victorian engraving with colored pencil 

This book is one-of-a-kind   

Artist Biography

Judith Golden is a professor emeritus from the University of Arizona, where she designed, developed and taught a course titled “Mixed Media Artists’ Books. She is writing a book with that same title. Judith teaches workshops nationally and in her Albuquerque studio.

All images and text copyright the artist. All rights reserved.