LYN ASHBY

I used to carry a small French language dictionary around in my back pocket when I was too young to know what this resource really was. I simply loved the idea of having a book, a small portable book, available at all times, that I could refer to whenever the fancy took me that would somehow offer me insight into my present experience, and, by referring to another or bigger world, translate it into something both exotic and useful. The artists' books presented here are made in this same spirit of mystery and transformation. For subject matter, I have ventured from that first linguistic equation, but then again not so far that I am not still seeking some insight and transport from an occasional present participle... Page outlines the intentions and outcomes of the artist and the imprint