20x200 Ideal Bookshelf 101: Robert Verdi by Jane Mount
The mission of 20x200 is simple:
(limited editions × low prices) + the internet = art for everyone
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I paint people's ideal bookshelves: your favorite books, books that changed your life, books that made you who you are.
Picking your ideal books is not an easy task (try it!), and the results are always enlightening. I think of this project as an intimate form of portraiture; a way to illustrate who the subject is on the inside instead of out.
I love that a book is something created very personally and then mass-produced in order to affect many other people very personally. I paint them to turn them back into something very personal and intimate. In the age of the Kindle, it's very satisfying.
I've recently been painting the books of various creative thinkers, and this is a shelf from that series. It contains books selected by Robert Verdi: designer, fashion icon and stylist to the stars.
Available here. 8"x10", edition of 200 each $20. 10"x14", edition of 250 each $50. 16"x20" edition of 20 each $200.
Thank you Stephen.
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