Fegan will detail the print production methods in her practice that demonstrate the contemporary, relevant, timely and seductive power of letterpress as a political messaging tool. From typesetting to installing letterpress posters in diver bar bathrooms. Transforming dynamic posters into screens for printing yardage. Fegan transformed her letterpress practice into wearable garments that are ritual ready. This presentation will include photo documentation of various print objects (protest posters, artist books, protection spell garments) at every stage from conception to circulation in the public sphere. Far from wedding invitations, this work encourages participation in many forms and moves beyond the gallery context.
Angela Davis Fegan
Embodied text: from letterpress poster to protection spell
Angela Davis Fegan
TOO MUCH PRESS
Angela Davis Fegan was born and raised on Chicago’s South side. She is the co-owner of Too Much Press in Bridgeport and vice president of the Chicago Printers’ Guild. She received her BFA in Fine Arts from New York’s Parsons School of Design and her MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Her lavender menace poster project has been written up by The Offing (LA Review of Books), Hyperallergic, Chicago Magazine, Pop Sugar, Go Magazine, the Chicago Reader, and Newcity.
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