despalles overcomes the distance that still exists between the German and French language areas. Thus the artist's books of the edition are mostly conceived from the outset as bilingual, French and German, or even trilingual. As a rule, they appear as first publications, always with unpublished translations. In them, artists and poets from different aesthetic categories meet.
François Righi
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This little precious book by François Righi is a facsimile of one of his notebooks. The French conceptual artist combines therein sketches, collages, with quotations of his reading and his own hermetic statements and various linguistic games.
The French text, handwritten in tiny letters, and delicate images are emerging from out of squared antique paper or black pages.
Compared to the original notebook, the present book has been extended with a frontispiece and an appendix with the translations into German and English.
Digital print. Hardcover, thread stitched with open back, 92 pages, 8,5 x 13,5 cm.
Edition of 80 numbered copies, signed by the artist. Special Edition: Copies 1 to 10 with an original artwork by François Righi, in a box.
