Position/Opposition

Position/Opposition is a catalog for Jessica Meuninck-Ganger’s solo exhibition at Gallery AOP in Johannesburg, South Africa.
 
The exhibition is described by Meuninck-Ganger in the following manner: ‘Position/Opposition is an installation of over one hundred etchings and drawings assembled in a variety of presentation formats, including: a suite of six hanging print assemblages (45 x 66 cm), a large book (1.2 x 2.3 x 6 m – open); and one work from an edition of five artist’s books (maquette versions of the large book). Each work is a compound composition of expressive faces and hands that embody an emotive collaboration between two subjects. All of the prints on paper are participatory in nature and utilize the same subject imagery, but due to the ranging formats and scale, each depicts a unique conversation.’
 
The catalogue accompanies the exhibition, with a full-length, highly evocative and insightful essay by Max Yela. Yela is Head of the Special Collections Department at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and teaches book arts courses for the Department of Art and Design at the University.