Suzanne Mcclelland

About Stray in Four Parts

STrAY in Four Parts: Suzanne McClelland is a limited-edition artist's book published by David Krut Projects, New York, where McClelland's exhibition STrAY was on view in May 2007.

STrAY, Stay, Back Then Over There, and a short essay by Kate McCrickard are presented in a handmade, Amalfi-paper envelope. Each book is signed by the artist in an edition of 200. Layout and design are by Kate McCrickard and Laura Gencarella.

This book is a collection of photographs taken by the artist of the drawings included in her exhibition. The photos have all been shot using natural light in the southeast corner of her studio. Each spread of pages becomes a composistion in its own right and is an interpretation of the twelve poems by George Garret included in Stay. These poems are anecdotes and fragments lifted from letters written by two men on either side of the American Civil War.