On the Art of Making Without Hands
<p>Published as an accompaniment to the show <em>Not Created By a Human Hand</em> curated by Wilfried Lentz. From 24 December to 24 January 2009 at Wilfried Lentz gallery and from February 4-7, 2009 at Art Rotterdam. Opening of the show on Christmas Eve 2009, groothandelsgebouw Rotterdam. With this publication is a signed and numbered artist edition of James Beckett and Joachim Koester.</p> <p><em>Not Created By A Human Hand</em> was conceived as an invitation to several artists to create a new work that responds in some way, to either the shroud of Turin or the first photograph of it, by Secondo Pia. The photograph of the shroud (1898) opened up the possibility of turning the imprint of the body of Christ from a negative into a positive; to finally see the face, and make sense of the stains of the linen.</p>
Authors: Alena Alexandrova
Artists: James Beckett, Joachim Koester
Editors: Derek Brunen, Wilfried Lentz
Designer: Lesley Moore
Part of: Wilfried Lentz