Exhibition Lam Bun-Ching and Gunnar A. Kaldewey: “Creative Couples, Musics and Books”
GUNNAR A. KALDEWEY, THE ARTIST BOOK IN A GLOBAL WORLD. New York 2002.
32 pages on Kaldewey handmade paper printed letterpress and with metal cuts made from
Chinese calligraphy by Bun-Ching Lam. 8 color Photoshop images on white computer paper by
GUN AR A. KALDEWEY. 25 copies. 19 x 26 cm. Bound dos a dos by T. Zwang in black paper
over thin board with silver foil at openings' in a chemise and slipcase of old Dutch chagrin lizardskin
paper.
10 deluxe copies on old English J. Whatman paper. Bound by T. Zwang in pink leather with two
ebony spines made by Shahin Cabinetmaking of Albany N.Y' in a chemise and slipcase.
The text is printed in English, German Chinese and Spanish as a tribute to Kaldewey s exhibitions
during 2002 in Bogota Columbia' Hong Kong China' Oakland and New York United States' and
Stuttgart and Hamburg Germany. The translation from English into Chinese was made by BunChing Lam and that into Spanish by Luis Angel Parra. All copies are signed by the author-printer.
Two illustrations derived from photos of modern illuminated street scenes from those four countries are interleaved with each text.
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