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poiésis

a gallery exhibit, in your hand...

  • a portable gallery
  • curated and bound by hand
  • dated, numbered, signed
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the exhibition

now on view. in your palm.

poiésis is a gallery small enough to carry. each page is a wall. each poem is hung with care. the whole exhibition closes between two covers.

admission is one quiet evening. the hours are yours, the lighting is whichever lamp you love, and there is no velvet rope... you are encouraged to touch the work.

it comes in two styles, the photograph and the kraft, each in hardcover or softcover. each installation belongs to its edition alone. every copy is dated, numbered, and signed.

poiésis • a collectionquincéy xavier
paper, ink, patience
handmade, handbound
hardcover or softcover
dated, numbered, signed

installation views

the real thing. up close.

eight photographs of edition 01... standing, open, and close enough to count the stitches.

two copies of poiésis standing on a grey table, palms and pale sand on their covers, with a third lying open in front of them.
two standing, one open
two copies side by side: the back cover with a short note about the author, and the front cover with the title, poiésis, a collection.
back and front
the book open to its title page. on the left, a photograph of two people walking down a road between green hills.
the title page
the book open to the table of content, eight entries, with the edition, batch and copy numbers written in by hand on the facing page.
contents • edition 01, batch 01, copy 01 of 05
two pages of poems set in small black type on speckled cream paper, the hand-sewn spine between them.
pages 09 and 10
a photograph of rocks, surf and a castle on the shore, facing the opening lines of the poem ebbs before ours end.
page 38 • ebbs before ours end.
a close view of the top corners of two copies, one hardcover and one softcover, showing the pages gathered and sewn by hand with dark thread.
the binding, sewn by hand
two copies standing, with a small stack of more copies lying beside them, sewn spines facing out.
a stack, waiting

photographs of the book • amaal younes

the makers

curated by hand.

every exhibition has people behind the walls. this one has three, and they were particular.

  • design & binding

    amaal younes

    amaal built the room. the fold, the spine, the way the gallery settles into your palm... the architecture is amaal.

  • photography

    owen m. hart

    owen made the view. the cover is a window onto somewhere warm, and owen is not saying where.

  • design & writing

    quincéy xavier

    and me. i wrote the works and hung them, moving each line until it had the wall it deserved. i also answer the door.

acquisitions

you inquire. a person answers.

  1. inquire
  2. we talk
  3. you pay by a secure link
  4. it travels to you

no cart, no card, no rush. every piece is placed personally. tell me what you would like and i write back within two days. the rest is conversation.

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exhibitions
a gallery exhibit, in your hand...
a portable gallery • curated and bound by hand • dated, numbered, signed
poiésis is a gallery small enough to carry. each page is a wall. each poem is hung with care. the whole exhibition closes between two covers.
it comes in two styles, the photograph and the kraft, each in hardcover or softcover. each installation belongs to its edition alone. every copy is dated, numbered, and signed.
poiésis • a collection / quincéy xavier / paper, ink, patience / handmade, handbound / hardcover or softcover / dated, numbered, signed
the cover of poiésis, a collection, by quincéy xavier: palms and scrub above pale sand, with two brass rings resting on it.
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gallery photographs • amaal younes
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eight photographs of edition 01... standing, open, and close enough to count the stitches.
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the real thing. up close.
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installation views
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and me. i wrote the works and hung them, moving each line until it had the wall it deserved. i also answer the door.
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every exhibition has people behind the walls. this one has three, and they were particular.
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the makers
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admission is one quiet evening. the hours are yours, the lighting is whichever lamp you love, and there is no velvet rope... you are encouraged to touch the work.
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