Japan: Akiyoshidai International Art Village/Karl Holmqvist, 2003. [144]pp; b&w offset illus. 12mo. Plain white wraps; printed tan dust jacket. About fine.
An early bookwork by Swedish artist Karl Holmqvist (b. 1964); five- and six-line uppercase English texts accompanied by slight variations of a rectangle-with-interior-diagonal-lines motif, with Japanese translations by Noriyuki Tsuji on facing pages. A product of Holmqvist's 2002 artist residency at Akiyoshidai International Art Village in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, as facilitated by the Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA). Laid into this copy is a printed slip from the Art Village executive director announcing an upcoming exhibition. Scarce indeed; OCLC locates five holdings, just one in the US (California College of the Arts).
