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eleven by fourteen inches, casebound, one
hundred twenty duotone plates, one hundred eighty pages, $60, ISBN
0-944092-94-2 |
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The spirit of Gemini is best captured by the word
“collaboration.” It’s about artists and printers working hand in hand to
create works of art. This same spirit prevails when I take photos. There’s
a trust extended by the artists, allowing me to share so many special
moments with them. Sidney Felsen
Sidney Felsen founded Gemini Gel (Graphics Editions Limited) in
1966 and soon after began to photograph the artists who came to work in
what has become America’s premier graphics studio. Artists from Bruce
Nauman and architect Frank Gehry (who also de-signed the Gemini Studios in
1979) to the American masters Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Roy
Lichtenstein became subjects for Sid Felsen’s camera. On November 4, 2001,
the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., opened an exhibition celebrating
the prints of Gemini GEL and Sidney Felsen’s portraits of the artists at
work.
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