Joe Lycett - Bins
Bins is Coptic bound with an exposed, printed spine neatly sandwiched between 'gay bin bag covers' - each created with multiple black and holographic foils. Within the 208 text pages lie 78 images of the artist's favourite bins interspersed with six original paintings of bits of trash, printed across four premium papers (one of which is made from recycled coffee cups).
A riot of colour, texture and literal rubbish, this beautiful, limited-edition book (1,000 copies only) reassesses bins, acknowledging them as beautiful, humble and horrible, able to see the absolute worst of us and carry on regardless. It's truly wanky stuff!
Each bin comes with its own unique description written by the author when he was drunk. Additional rubbish in Bins includes a foreword by Daisy May Cooper (who went to the BAFTAs wearing a bin bag), a thought-provoking piece by Al Little of Biffa bins and an academic essay on the history of bins by Katrina Navickas, a historian of public space and landscape in the UK.
First published: Thursday 2nd March 2023
- Pages: 208
- Catalogue: 9780903696579
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