The Albertine Workout
Anne Carson & Kim Anno
The Albertine Workout is a collaboration between artist Kim Anno and author Anne Carson. The book combines text and images exploring the life and times of Proust's character Albertine, the unique and unforgettable "captive" from Book V of Remembrances of Things Past. Albertine may or may not have been based on a real person in Proust's life, his erstwhile chauffeur, Alfred Agostinelli. There is a deep, sweet pathos in the unknowable relation between these two beloveds, with Proust in between.
Kim Anno (b. 1958, USA) is a painter, photographer, and film/video artist whose work has been influenced by abstract art and abstraction remains prominent in Anno's practice, with resulting work that remains "open, playful, and engaged with a difficult ephemeral beauty." Anno collaborates with other artists and musicians, integrating video, sculpture, sound, and interactivity in performative installations. Recipient of the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Purchase Award and the Eureka Foundation's Fleishhacker Fellowship, Anno has been a professor at the California College of the Arts since 1996. Anno’s work is held in numerous collections both nationally and internationally. For more information, visit http://www.kimanno.com/
Specifications / Credits
Title: The Albertine WorkOut
Author: Anne Carson
Artist: Kim Anno
Year: 2014
Process: Letterpress & Hand-pulled photogravure
Photogravure: Unai San Martin
Print Size: 9x12in
Edition: 40
Collection: Kim Anno