Judy Tuwaletstiwa: Mapping Water
“Mapping Water, as its name implies, explores the concept of heading into uncharted territory. How do you create a memoir of a moving, living being—or manifest the unconscious process of an artist? How do you map water?”
— Judy Tuwaletstiwa
Hardcover
9.5 x 12 inches
302 pages / 128 color images
ISBN: 9781934435021 — $50
Rare: $250
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Rather than reiterating the events of a life or merely reproducing images of the artist’s work, Mapping Water is a view into JUDY TUWALETSTIWA’s mind, thoughts, and art; expressed in a complex series of sections. The first section, for example, begins with the definition of the word “genesis”—combined with small paintings that relate (and don’t relate) to various parts of the text, evoking thoughts on the “genesis” of ideas. Subsequent sections continue this exploration with content that varies from an iconic photograph from the Holocaust to a series of images of a dead crow that Tuwaletstiwa dissected and reassembled with stunning and deeply thoughtful results. Throughout the book are Tuwaletstiwa’s own words—haunting and lyrical—that unify all of this material into a provocative and very unique project.
