Marilyn Stablein


from Chains, an ongoing series

Detachables
A Photo Essay

One

Loose Links


Two

Black envelope closed
What’s inside?
Interlocking paper rings
Two linked chains


Three

Sealed Chain letter
Mandala rings
Spheric cosmos
Paper conjuncts stone


Four

Opened envelope
Detachable chain
Some rings inside
Others out


Five

Stone column ruins
Pattern open envelope
Variable chain links
Detach and scatter


Six

Double enclosures
Envelop the world
Galaxies devolve
Into black expanse


Seven

Bearded and jeweled
Ancient stone
Figures dancing
Overlapping envelopes

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Detachables A montage sequence from Chains, an ongoing thematic series of visual, interactive, written, sculptural artist books and sound works. Chance (interactive) positioning, linking, layering and detaching. Multiple variations possible.

Contents: two envelopes, one handmade, one generic, 7.25” x 5.25” open to 7” x 10.” Reversible black, white and red detachable circles hand cut from vintage magazine images, various dimensions, 2019.




Marilyn Stablein, poet, writer and mixed media artist whose collage, assemblages, sculptural artist's books, and performance art explore and document place, time, transience, chance, ritual, travel and the environment. Photos and collage appear in Fiction International, Rattle, Gargoyle, Microcosm and Kyoto Journal. Stories in Exquisite Corpse, Golden Handcuffs, Zyzzyva, Crazyhorse, and Periodics. Bind, Alter, Fold (Book Arts Editions) features her artist books. Other recent books: Vermin: A Traveler's Bestiary (Spuyten Duyvil), Houseboat on the Ganges & A Room in Kathmandu (Chin Music) and Milepost 27: Poems (Black Heron). marilynstablein.com
 
 
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