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The idea of a library, of sorts, at present. Unique and limited edition artist books available for acquisition, exhibition and research.
Please contact us for a private viewing, and additional titles.
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Ayin Es
Ayin Es (b. 1968; Los Angeles, CA) is a nonbinary artist based in Joshua Tree, CA. Their work explores the intentional and unintentional aspects of self, identity and spirituality. Growing up in their family’s garment business, Es fled an abusive situation at the age of fifteen, started making art and became a drummer in a punk band, touring North America and topping charts. Es was diagnosed with physical and mental disabilities in their 30s, at which point they stopped touring to dedicate themself wholly to their studio.
"An autodidact, Es has long embodied their interests and their struggles - in painted and drawn and even sculpted and sewn imagery - darkly whimsical forms and figures whose deft fluidity have the eye ‘going for a walk with a line’ (in the words of Paul Klee, a strong influence on Es) but aggressively trouble the mind." - Peter Frank, Los Angeles-based art critic and curator.
Recent exhibitions include those Craig Krull Gallery, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Torrance Art Museum, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Craft Contemporary, and University of Wisconsin. Es’ work resides in museums such as the Getty, Centre Pompidou/Bibliotheque Kandinsky, Brooklyn Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Otis College of Art & Design, Yale University/Beinecke Library, Museum of Modern Art, UC San Francisco Precision Cancer Center, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, and LAC+USC Medical Center. A two-time recipient of ARC Grants from the Durfee Foundation, Es has also won a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, the Wynn Newhouse Award, grants from the National Arts and Disability Center/California Arts Council, Asylum-Arts in Brooklyn, NY, and the Bruce Geller Memorial Award from the American Jewish University. Their work has been reviewed or published in Artillery, LA Times, ArtScene, LA WEEKLY, ArtNowLA, ArtLTD, Art&Cake, and WhiteHot Magazine.
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Ayin Es
1-SELF, 2005
Mixed media artist's book in custom box tied with string and lined with a tissue-type garment pattern. Hand-stitched, with a die-cut letterpressed Crane's embossed pinstripe cover, original watercolor, 14 archival color inkjet prints, original block print insert, and hand-cut collar pattern flysheet. Essays by Shana Nys Dambrot and Kristina Newhouse, and letterpressed quotes by the Artist throughout. 60 pages, edition of 50.
8.5 x 5 inches (closed)
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Ayin Es
All Done But None, 2007
Hand written and hand illustrated mixed-media artist's book. Featuring 2-color etchings, a dry point print, Solar plate print, and letter-pressed handmade endpapers from Nepal. Hand bound in starched linen hardcover with custom stamping, matching slipcover. 40 pages, edition of 20. Each edition is unique.
7 x 11.75 inches
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Ayin Es
Horsebucket, 2008
Mixed-media artist's book
5.5 x 8.5 inches
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Ayin Es
Houses, 2013
Mixed-media artist's book
6 x 9 inches
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Ayin Es
Medicine Dan, 2024
Mixed-media artist's book. Handbound with a buttonhole binding using waxed linen threads imported from Ireland, housed in custom plexiglas hinged box. Cover in 300gsm Gmund-color (Dusty Blue) hand-cut/embroidered cardstock. Book is make with Moab Legion Lasal Photo Matte 235gsm and Kayenta 205gsm paper using digital color printing and reproductions throughout. It includes various original sketches in colored pencils, as well as watercolor and ink illustrations, two felt pages, handmade stickers, fine imported papers, and a wild turkey feather. 60 pages, edition of 8. Signed and numbered. Last available edition.
7.75 x 6.25 x 0.75 inches
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Ayin Es
Scribbles in a Sandstorm, 2010
Hand-bound, printed artist's book
7 x 7 inches
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Ayin Es
The Spark, 2017
Mixed-media artist's book with flash drive
3.25 x 5.20 inches
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Ayin Es (b. 1968; Los Angeles, CA) is a nonbinary artist based in Joshua Tree, CA. Their work explores the intentional and unintentional aspects of self, identity and spirituality. Growing up in their family’s garment business, Es fled an abusive situation at the age of fifteen, started making art and became a drummer in a punk band, touring North America and topping charts. Es was diagnosed with physical and mental disabilities in their 30s, at which point they stopped touring to dedicate themself wholly to their studio.
"An autodidact, Es has long embodied their interests and their struggles - in painted and drawn and even sculpted and sewn imagery - darkly whimsical forms and figures whose deft fluidity have the eye ‘going for a walk with a line’ (in the words of Paul Klee, a strong influence on Es) but aggressively trouble the mind." - Peter Frank, Los Angeles-based art critic and curator.
Recent exhibitions include those Craig Krull Gallery, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Torrance Art Museum, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Craft Contemporary, and University of Wisconsin. Es’ work resides in museums such as the Getty, Centre Pompidou/Bibliotheque Kandinsky, Brooklyn Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Otis College of Art & Design, Yale University/Beinecke Library, Museum of Modern Art, UC San Francisco Precision Cancer Center, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, and LAC+USC Medical Center. A two-time recipient of ARC Grants from the Durfee Foundation, Es has also won a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, the Wynn Newhouse Award, grants from the National Arts and Disability Center/California Arts Council, Asylum-Arts in Brooklyn, NY, and the Bruce Geller Memorial Award from the American Jewish University. Their work has been reviewed or published in Artillery, LA Times, ArtScene, LA WEEKLY, ArtNowLA, ArtLTD, Art&Cake, and WhiteHot Magazine.
Ayin Es
1-SELF, 2005
Mixed media artist's book in custom box tied with string and lined with a tissue-type garment pattern. Hand-stitched, with a die-cut letterpressed Crane's embossed pinstripe cover, original watercolor, 14 archival color inkjet prints, original block print insert, and hand-cut collar pattern flysheet. Essays by Shana Nys Dambrot and Kristina Newhouse, and letterpressed quotes by the Artist throughout. 60 pages, edition of 50.
8.5 x 5 inches (closed)
Inquire
Ayin Es
All Done But None, 2007
Hand written and hand illustrated mixed-media artist's book. Featuring 2-color etchings, a dry point print, Solar plate print, and letter-pressed handmade endpapers from Nepal. Hand bound in starched linen hardcover with custom stamping, matching slipcover. 40 pages, edition of 20. Each edition is unique.
7 x 11.75 inches
Inquire
Ayin Es
Horsebucket, 2008
Mixed-media artist's book
5.5 x 8.5 inches
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Ayin Es
Houses, 2013
Mixed-media artist's book
6 x 9 inches
Inquire
Ayin Es
Medicine Dan, 2024
Mixed-media artist's book. Handbound with a buttonhole binding using waxed linen threads imported from Ireland, housed in custom plexiglas hinged box. Cover in 300gsm Gmund-color (Dusty Blue) hand-cut/embroidered cardstock. Book is make with Moab Legion Lasal Photo Matte 235gsm and Kayenta 205gsm paper using digital color printing and reproductions throughout. It includes various original sketches in colored pencils, as well as watercolor and ink illustrations, two felt pages, handmade stickers, fine imported papers, and a wild turkey feather. 60 pages, edition of 8. Signed and numbered. Last available edition.
7.75 x 6.25 x 0.75 inches
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Ayin Es
Scribbles in a Sandstorm, 2010
Hand-bound, printed artist's book
7 x 7 inches
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Ayin Es
The Spark, 2017
Mixed-media artist's book with flash drive
3.25 x 5.20 inches
Inquire