Massey, John, 1950-

The house that Jack built : an illustration / by John Massey ; all photographs by Peter MacCallum.

[Toronto?] : J. Massey, ©1982.

25 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 36 cm

Using photographs, this artist's book illustrates the children's rhyme "The House That Jack Built", with adult sexual themes.
"'The House That Jack Built', published in 1981 in an exhibition catalogue ... ; republished in 1982 as a separate slim book; and finally exhibited in 1992 as a suite of photographs, presents another Jack and another rhyme. Photographs telling the story of Jack and 'the maiden, all forlorn, that milked the cow with the crumpled horn' are projected onto screens and windows in the studio model ('The Third Room', [a perfect small model of Massey's own studio where at that time he had been living and working for seven years] ...), the 'house' in which this Jack then lived. All of these works reference childhood, a private world of senses and memories, early unvoiced (possibly not understood) inklings and perceptions. In the way that fairytales and nursery rhymes refigure information for and from an adult consciousness, these works give a set of rules or circumstances as grand metaphor from Massey's interior life."--Peggy Gale, "John Massey" (Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1994)

Massey, John, 1950-
MacCallum, Peter.
Artists' books Canada.
Photography, Artistic.
Livres d'artistes Canada.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Artists' books
Canada

artists' books (books)
Artists' books
Livres d'artistes.

MacCallum, Peter.

Location: Library main canada 22706
Call No.: ID:87-B9624
Status: Available