ARTIST: Nigel Poor
IMPRINT COORDINATOR: Katherine Case
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The Relative Value of Things (2007)
Edition of 120; 32 pages
Dimensions: 8 3/8 in. x 10 1/2 in.
Full color, offset printed
Flat-back case binding with custom lint design inlaid on the front cover
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The Relative Value of Things consists of three physical attributes of the work: investigating the joy, folly, and contradictions of collecting, desire, and valorization. The first attribute is the work's front covers, each uniquely embellished with encapsulated hair or lint donated by many individuals. The second attribute consists of the book's contents: color images and letterpress-printed lists documenting personal possessions discarded by the artist over time. The third and final attribute focuses on the work's back cover, which features meticulously drawn text addressing the challenge of finding reassurance and meaning amidst life's mysteries and uncertainties.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Nigel Poor's work has been shown in various national venues and can be found in the collections of the SFMOMA, the M. H. de Young Museum, The San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. She has received several nationally recognized awards, including a San Francisco Arts Council Grant and Polaroid Artist Support Grant. She received her BA from Bennington College in Vermont and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Poor is an Assistant Professor of Photography at California State University, Sacramento; Haines Gallery in San Francisco represents her.