Martin Venezky: It Is Beautiful.....Then Gone (Rare edition)

Martin Venezky

Softcover | 18.3 x 2.3 x 24.4 cm | 192 pp

Princeton Architectural Press | 2007 | 9781568987293

Rare & Collectible

It Is Beautiful...Then Gone presents the celebrated graphic design work of Martin Venezky (b. 1957). This unconventional monograph includes both influential commercial work for the Sundance Film Festival, Reebok, and Speak and Open magazines among others. It also features new graphic work created for the book by this champion of the handmade and the unexpected.

Martin Venezky is an artist and photographer exploring relationships between objects, form, drawing, and the image. His work shifts scale from intimate gatherings of discarded objects to expansive wall-sized installations.

Venezky's background in graphic design sparked his interest in abstraction as a narrative device. His skills in book design and typography, for which he has won international acclaim, have encouraged his exploration of the photobook as a primary medium for future work.

'This engaging monograph [is] loaded with dazzling examples of Venezky's intricate - and sometimes overwhelming - hand-cut collages of type and image. This richly illustrated book, designed by Venezky, works best in its very readable project descriptions, which illuminate the conceptual and physical acts of making.' CMYK

'With essays, notebook entries, photographs, and Venerky's enormous collection of ephemera, it is a fresh take on a designer's work and mindset. It is not just a history of his work, but a look into his thought process in design and in life.' STEP Inside Design

'Readers will relish the opportunity to view Venezky's work for what it is - a deeply invested series of design explorations into the living process that surrounds the "frozen monument of every page.' Publishers Weekly