My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Now that I read so much on the iPad, books themselves mean all the more to me. This book feels good. I like the way the cover is elongated, then folded inside to the size of the book. The paper is creamy and has a tooth to it. The whole thing feels like a project, both intimate and austere. MartÃnez Celaya himself autographed the title page with a narrow, slanted scratch.
And that's kind of the way he writes: it's more an incision than a view. Simple and serious -- smart! Lots of layers here. Some people think visual artists can't use words, but this one can. Okay -- sometimes he's deeper than I like to delve. After all, he was getting his PhD in physics when he abruptly (his parents thought!) chose art instead. Then he was a successful art professor at the fancy Pomona College in California, but eventually turned his back on that too
Now he has a slick studio (He would loathe the word slick -- but a recent video shows it is smooth and spare.) in Miami's Wynwood district. I bought the book at Books & Books in Coral Gables -- mostly because C & I agree never to leave a bookstore without buying a book. I am glad.
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