14 (12 + 2) limited-edition c-type colour photographic prints.
104 x 78.5 cm / 41 x 30 inches.
Edition of 6.
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PENETRALIA
Limited artist edition of 20 [printed individually by myself upon request], large format, 154 printed sides on 106 sheets, Japanese side-stitch bound.
212 Pages | 229 Photographs | 45.5 x 32 x 3cm | Oyster white 160gsm virgin wood-fibre paper ISO9706 permanence | Cloth Hardback | Privately Published | POA Sadie Coles HQ
Sculptures : Sarah Lucas
Photographs & Text : Julian Simmons
Concept, Layout & Printing : Julian Simmons
Each sheet of paper hand-cut to size before printing. Printed with a surface-bonded iron-oxide pigment exhibiting maximum density and light-stability. Custom programmed diffuse stochastic half-tone.
A gallery-copy may be viewed by arrangement, please contact Sadie Coles HQ.
“It’s like a forensic manual on diseases of the penis! ..and that black, the black! THE BLACK!!”, Damien Hirst.
‘Penetralia is an eccentric and also melancholy publication that lies in one’s hands both lightly and heavily, it is a book between medieval love poetry, neo-Pre-Raphaelite enthusiasm and Arts & Crafts cult, fitted out with dark imagery, framed by absurd artist portraits and produced with totally captivating printing techniques’, Spike Art Quarterly.
Documenting 14 sculptures
Ax | Whand | Druid Whand | Skull Whand | Imp | King | Martyr | Satyr | Owl | Imp | Swan | Dayo | Eros | Luvah
PENETRALIA – Sarah Lucas | Artforum + frieze
Photograph / Design / Layout : Julian Simmons
Advert : ARTFORUM, October 2008 [page 89]
Exhibition : PENETRALIA – Sarah Lucas, 14 Oct – 15 Nov 2008
Gallery : Sadie Coles HQ, 69 South Audley Street, London W1
PENETRALIA – Sarah Lucas | London | Private View card
Photograph & Design : Julian Simmons
A4 fold-out private-view card
Exhibition : PENETRALIA – Sarah Lucas, 14 Oct – 15 Nov 2008
Gallery : Sadie Coles HQ, London W1
Limited Edition Book : PENETRALIA
Limited Edition Prints : LUVAH : THE KING
PINHOLE CAMERA | 6×12 Medium Format
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Unique custom-made 6 x 12cm medium-format pinhole camera.
Film path : curved for constant focal-length from pinhole and greater angle of view [a flat film path produces an increase in focal-length towards frame sides and illumination vignetting].
Pinhole : size optimised for balance between sharpness and diffraction [smaller pinholes are less sharp due to higher proportion of diffracted light to light passing straight through]. Correct exposure indicates the aperture is close to f512.
Materials : varnished plywood; aluminium pinhole reduced to micron thickness; zinc viewfinder / frame-advance gate; brass screws / hinges; chrome-plated catches / strap lugs; aluminium knob and shaft bearing for film winding; self-adhesive black felt; matt-black paint; Letraset.
Frame size [120 medium-format roll-film] : 6 x 12cm panoramic [6 shots per film]
Horizontal FOV : 91 degrees [FF/35mm lens camera equiv. : 18mm]
Exposure [400 ISO film] : meter at f64, then multiply shutter speed by 60, e.g. 1/2 sec = 1/2 minute.