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Reading one of her limited edition printed publication feels like catching up with an old friend. Her approach sits in between the whimsical and positively fluid, reminding me of the essence of Henry Matisse's cutouts. - Kelley Mullarkey, 2015
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Johanna Tagada is since 2012 self publishing delicate and unique signed artist publications / zines. For these projects she has received the support of historical paper makers including Lana Papier Beaux Arts (FR) and G.F Smith (UK). In 2015 she founded POETIC PASTEL PRESS as an answer to her hand-bound publication projects, now also publishing the work of her peers.
Further more than being signed and hand-numbered, most booklets published between 2012 and 2016 also include painted pages. Each copy is entirely assembled by hand from the folding to the packing. Tagada's publications often described as poetic and beautiful have drawn a wide fan base as well as gained worldwide recognition being sold in Institutions such as The Tate Modern (London), The Photographer Gallery (London), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Buchhandlung Walther König (Berlin), Utrecht Art Book Shop (Tokyo) etc. The publications are also frequently selected to participate in prestigious Art Book Fairs such as Offprint and Tokyo Art Book Fair.
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Rose et Jaune introduces two of commonly rooted bodies of work; photographs and paintings carrying a narrative. After their wedding, the artist and her husband went on for a small journey in Wales. An afternoon spent on a sandy beach, flowers, the romantic feeling of a young bride, the discovering of an island as an imaginary settler, are the trigger to both the paintings and dreamy analog imageries. The publication is sensitive and delicate, including a hand painted page. The colours are soft, yellow, pink and tender pastels which are known to play an important role in Johanna's practice. With an introduction by Celina Basra and a written contribution by Audrey Fondecave. First released by Tender Books at Offprint Paris 2015 this publication is one of a kind. More information:
A5 / Hand-made book case / 32 pages + Cover / 400 g Matte for the case / Two Diamond paper pages / One hand painted page / 140g White paper for the content / Digital Color Print / Printed in London, UK / Limited to 100 copies / Hand-numbered & Signed / 2016
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COLLETION VOL.IV - The Diary of a Palm Tree, brings together a collection of twenty-four works by Johanna Tagada as well as an introduction text by Art Historian Celina Basra and written contributions by Contemporary Art journalist and curator Sophie Yerly and artist Jatinder Singh Durhailay. The sixty pages composing this publication are lingering on the rich artistic practice of Tagada by including exclusive photographs of her oil paintings, drawings, photographs, notes and memories of her recent Tokyo exhibition. A nicely packed limited edition of fifty hand-numbered and signed copies with a colourful dust cover. Printed on selected papers using high quality digital colour print and eco-friendly inks, each exemplar has later been delicately folded, assembled and bound entirely by hand in Johanna Tagada's Berlin studio. Poetically compared to a dandelion the pages are holding together though the use of organic vanilla coloured strings.Three high quality postcards of the artworks Cerisier, Baies Berlinoises and Épistolaire Imaginaire are also included. First released at TATE MODERN in February 2015. More information:
A5 / 3 Postcards / 60 pages + Cover & Dust Cover / 250g semi glossy Dust Cover / 300g Matte for the cover / Four Diamond paper pages / 140g White paper for most of the content / High quality digital Color Print/ Limited to 50 copies / Hand-numbered & Signed / 2015
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Jatinder, ballade quotidienne is a photographic essay. Including a written introduction, the publication bring together 14 photographs (some exclusive to this publication). Each copy is printed and assembled Johanna's Berlin studio. The first edition released in January 2014 is limited to 20 hand-numbered and signed copies. The second edition released in March 2014 is limited to 50 hand-numbered and signed copies, this edition also includes a glossary. Part of this second edition has a soft pastel pink cover. More info:
18 x 13,5cm / 38 Pages + Cover / High quality digital color print / Cover + first pages colorful marble paper / Special Page Flower print on 90gr Diamant Paper / High quality paper White 160gr / Stapled bounded + colorful binding / Hand-numbered & Signed / Printed in Berlin / 2014
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Colletion #3 is a beautiful little publication introducing a collection of twenty-four works by Johanna Tagada. A special booklet titled
Reading one of her limited edition printed publication feels like catching up with an old friend. Her approach sits in between the whimsical and positively fluid, reminding me of the essence of Henry Matisse's cutouts. - Kelley Mullarkey, 2015
________
Johanna Tagada is since 2012 self publishing delicate and unique signed artist publications / zines. For these projects she has received the support of historical paper makers including Lana Papier Beaux Arts (FR) and G.F Smith (UK). In 2015 she founded POETIC PASTEL PRESS as an answer to her hand-bound publication projects, now also publishing the work of her peers.
Further more than being signed and hand-numbered, most booklets published between 2012 and 2016 also include painted pages. Each copy is entirely assembled by hand from the folding to the packing. Tagada's publications often described as poetic and beautiful have drawn a wide fan base as well as gained worldwide recognition being sold in Institutions such as The Tate Modern (London), The Photographer Gallery (London), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Buchhandlung Walther König (Berlin), Utrecht Art Book Shop (Tokyo) etc. The publications are also frequently selected to participate in prestigious Art Book Fairs such as Offprint and Tokyo Art Book Fair.
Rose et Jaune introduces two of commonly rooted bodies of work; photographs and paintings carrying a narrative. After their wedding, the artist and her husband went on for a small journey in Wales. An afternoon spent on a sandy beach, flowers, the romantic feeling of a young bride, the discovering of an island as an imaginary settler, are the trigger to both the paintings and dreamy analog imageries. The publication is sensitive and delicate, including a hand painted page. The colours are soft, yellow, pink and tender pastels which are known to play an important role in Johanna's practice. With an introduction by Celina Basra and a written contribution by Audrey Fondecave. First released by Tender Books at Offprint Paris 2015 this publication is one of a kind. More information:
A5 / Hand-made book case / 32 pages + Cover / 400 g Matte for the case / Two Diamond paper pages / One hand painted page / 140g White paper for the content / Digital Color Print / Printed in London, UK / Limited to 100 copies / Hand-numbered & Signed / 2016
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COLLETION VOL.IV - The Diary of a Palm Tree, brings together a collection of twenty-four works by Johanna Tagada as well as an introduction text by Art Historian Celina Basra and written contributions by Contemporary Art journalist and curator Sophie Yerly and artist Jatinder Singh Durhailay. The sixty pages composing this publication are lingering on the rich artistic practice of Tagada by including exclusive photographs of her oil paintings, drawings, photographs, notes and memories of her recent Tokyo exhibition. A nicely packed limited edition of fifty hand-numbered and signed copies with a colourful dust cover. Printed on selected papers using high quality digital colour print and eco-friendly inks, each exemplar has later been delicately folded, assembled and bound entirely by hand in Johanna Tagada's Berlin studio. Poetically compared to a dandelion the pages are holding together though the use of organic vanilla coloured strings.Three high quality postcards of the artworks Cerisier, Baies Berlinoises and Épistolaire Imaginaire are also included. First released at TATE MODERN in February 2015. More information:
A5 / 3 Postcards / 60 pages + Cover & Dust Cover / 250g semi glossy Dust Cover / 300g Matte for the cover / Four Diamond paper pages / 140g White paper for most of the content / High quality digital Color Print/ Limited to 50 copies / Hand-numbered & Signed / 2015
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Jatinder, ballade quotidienne is a photographic essay. Including a written introduction, the publication bring together 14 photographs (some exclusive to this publication). Each copy is printed and assembled Johanna's Berlin studio. The first edition released in January 2014 is limited to 20 hand-numbered and signed copies. The second edition released in March 2014 is limited to 50 hand-numbered and signed copies, this edition also includes a glossary. Part of this second edition has a soft pastel pink cover. More info:
18 x 13,5cm / 38 Pages + Cover / High quality digital color print / Cover + first pages colorful marble paper / Special Page Flower print on 90gr Diamant Paper / High quality paper White 160gr / Stapled bounded + colorful binding / Hand-numbered & Signed / Printed in Berlin / 2014
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Colletion #3 is a beautiful little publication introducing a collection of twenty-four works by Johanna Tagada. A special booklet titled