My Friends

By Stephanie Copoulos-Selle
Waukesha, Wisconsin: Citron Press, 2020. Edition of 20.
8” x 10”; 28 leaves. 12 prints, 12 envelope/letter pages, title page, dedication page, statement page, colophon. Materials and processes: Relief prints, lithographs, screen prints, letterpress, and collage on Arches, Stonehenge, Mulberry, and MI Teintes papers. Bound in boards with exposed binding. Laid in drop spine clamshell custom box covered in black and white cloth. Signed and numbered by the artist on the colophon.
Stephanie Copoulos-Selle: "'My Friends' images or names are not referential to existing people or places. In these days of uncertainty, we need all the friends we can get. Some of our friends are like us, we share political views, and laugh at the same jokes. But, some of our friends are not like us. That's okay too.
"Our names impact our lives. Our surnames or given names often give more information than we realize. Strangers form good, bad, or neutral opinions of us before we meet. The name can influence what we do, how we view ourselves, and possibly our future."
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