Margot Fagan
Toronto, Ontario
www.margotfagan.ca

Local colour
2024
Paper, ink jet print, glassine envelope
CLOSED-length 6.25, width 4, height .25
OPENED- length variable up to 31.25, width 4, height .25

Artist Statement

Local Colour presents an assemblage of coloured papers along with the succinctly stunning statement made by marine biologist Sylvia Earle at a conference lecture addressing the significance of earth’s depleted and polluted oceans. The first sentence of the quote is indisputable, “No water, no life.” With the second sentence Earle extends the idea into a metaphorical interpretation, “No blue, no green.” The shapes I’ve cut out and bound with her printed quote offers a tangible representation of this idea. As you handle and play with the forms you could reflect on a diminished world of fewer colours.

Blue and Green is made from leftover papers that I’ve used in other book projects. The paper post bindings allow the twelve colours to turn and pivot, interacting with each other in ways that optimize the effects of colour relationships. The artists’ books I make aim to amplify the book’s concept in some way through its structure.