2015 · N.p. [Brooklyn, New York]
by Winant, Carmen ; Justin James Reed, Ofer Wolberger (design)
First Edition. Artists' book [136] pp. : illustrations in color. Small 4to. Near fine. Illus. stiff wraps with unique collage element on the front cover. [1973]
Winant's first major artists' book, which includes texts by Matthew Brannon, Moyra Davey, Courtney Fiske, Jim Fletcher, Kenneth Goldsmith, Jonathan Griffin, Geoffrey Hilsabeck, Michael Ned Holte, Sarah McMenimen, Anna Livia, Alexander Provan, Ross Simonini and John Yau. Per the 2016 review by PhotoEye, the work is named after the 1974 Phillip Roth book of the same title, yet "My Life as a Man makes no apparent contextual reference to Roth's book, but the cover does appear as a small image multiple times in Winant's book. From the opening sequence, which groups an image of a naked woman laying face down on a table under the watchful eyes of a team of male doctors with various other images of men gazing at woman, it's clear the work offers a pointed critique of the ways in which the female form and gestures are controlled and imaged." Though the edition size is unstated, the work is very rare, and each copy comes with a unique collaged image on the cover and a folded poster of nearly completed New York Times crossword puzzles by Winant's mother. (Inventory #: 1973)
Winant's first major artists' book, which includes texts by Matthew Brannon, Moyra Davey, Courtney Fiske, Jim Fletcher, Kenneth Goldsmith, Jonathan Griffin, Geoffrey Hilsabeck, Michael Ned Holte, Sarah McMenimen, Anna Livia, Alexander Provan, Ross Simonini and John Yau. Per the 2016 review by PhotoEye, the work is named after the 1974 Phillip Roth book of the same title, yet "My Life as a Man makes no apparent contextual reference to Roth's book, but the cover does appear as a small image multiple times in Winant's book. From the opening sequence, which groups an image of a naked woman laying face down on a table under the watchful eyes of a team of male doctors with various other images of men gazing at woman, it's clear the work offers a pointed critique of the ways in which the female form and gestures are controlled and imaged." Though the edition size is unstated, the work is very rare, and each copy comes with a unique collaged image on the cover and a folded poster of nearly completed New York Times crossword puzzles by Winant's mother. (Inventory #: 1973)
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