Field Guide for Sedimentary Time
Field Guide for Sedimentary Time features a series of collages by visual artist, writer, and educator Dan Gunn, that were created from a geology book belonging to the artist's grandmother. With contextual contributions from poet Sommer Browning, cultural ecologist Ash North Compton, and essayist Matt Morris, this book discusses rural nostalgia, landscape, and class.
The publication of Field Guide for Sedimentary Time coordinates with Dan Gunn's exhibition Sawyer at KMAC Contemporary Art Museum from November 10, 2023-March 3, 2024.
Details:
Publisher: Dan Gunn, KMAC, Monique Meloche Gallery
Designer: David Khan-Giordano
Year: 2023
Pages: 56
Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 inches
Cover: Paperback
Binding: Spiral Binding
Process: Digital
Color: Mixed
Edition Size: 300
Description: This book features a series of collage created from my grandmother’s geology book. She was a Kansas farmer who studied the land she walked collecting and categorizing rock samples into a collection. The book displays the series and creates context for the entire practice with contributions by poet Sommer Browning, essayist Matt Morris, and cultural ecologist Ash North Compton that discuss rural nostalgia, landscape, and class.
Table of Contents:
Life: A Draft, poetry by Sommer Browning
Leavings / Book of Rocks, collage works by Dan Gunn
Gorgon’s Litany, essay by Matt Morris
Nostaglia and Non-solace Inside of a Failed Future Dream, essay by Ash North Compton
Details:
Publisher: Dan Gunn, KMAC, Monique Meloche Gallery
Year: 2023
Pages: 56
Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 inches
Cover: Paperback
Binding: Spiral Binding
Process: Digital
Color: Mixed
Edition Size: 300
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Writing
I write criticism and commentary on local, contemporary art practice. In Chicago, this included a history of alternative and apartment spaces from 1999-2009 in conjunction with the Hyde Park Art Center’s “Artists Run Chicago” exhibition and the Artist Run Digest published by Threewalls and Green Lantern Press. I have published articles for Bad at Sports, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The DePaul Art Museum, Loyola University Museum of Art, Newcity Magazine, Proximity Magazine and ArtSlant.
Managing Editor of Chicago Artist Writers, 2016 - 2019
Contributor to Fielding Practice podcast, a collaboration between Bad at Sports and Art21, 2011-2012
Writer for ArtSlant 2008-2010
Writer for Newcity Magazine 2007-2010
Recent articles:
“An ARC 1.0 Afterward”, Lumpen Magazine, Issue # 137, Volume 29, Number 02 Fall 2020
“Julius Caesar X: A Ten-year Anniversary Show” on Chicago Artist Writers.com, October 31, 2018