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Ten views of Florida

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Russell Maret juxtaposes Florida's recent spate of book bans with the state's history of colorful tourist brochures, which "advertise prosperity, fun, and/or safety, employing vignettes and Grand Tour-style 'views'," showing that "Florida is open for business, so long as you are the right kind of person." Florida's apparent preoccupation with hiding, editing, and outright banning anything viewed as different (hence dangerous) inspired Maret to imagine the content of some recently banned books based solely on their titles, resulting in a series of richly colored linocuts and photopolymer prints. (Quotations from book prospectus)

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Fade -- The bluest eye -- Beyond magenta -- Rainbow High -- Triangles -- Tilt -- Half of a yellow sun -- Smoke -- Red Hood -- The tenth view.

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    [New York]: Russell Maret, 2025

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    • Nine color prints on double leaves, folded accordion-style and affixed to front board, followed by Russell Maret's essay titled "The tenth view", bound in iridescent gray silk with gradated orange-to-yellow paper inset on opening clipped flap.
    • Edition of 70 copies.
    • "Ten views of Florida was designed and printed by Russell Maret, and bound by Amy Borezo of Shelter Bookworks. The images were made with linoleum cuts, metal type ornaments, photopolymer plates, and smoke on Rives BFK paper ... Produced for the 2024-25 Marjorie S. Coffey Library Endowment Residency at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida" -- Colophon.

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