Baake, Frans. — Continent Contents.

16 lino-sneden. No place, self-published, 1995, 16 linocut plates (incl. title), black ink on ruled paper, printed in 14 numbered and signed copies, original white bandage-cloth over board with repeated linocut title, red cloth spine, quarto (20,5 x 25,1 cm.). = Signed and dated “‘95” and numbered “2/14” in pen on title-page. Sixteen linocuts, simple white forms caught in a very black field, printed on writing-paper whereon one usually writes notes or letters. Throughout the forms the thin lines can still be seen. On the back of each sheet the greasy image of the previous print will guide you to the following one. During his travels, Frans Baake makes sketches, photos and notes. The journey is then translated into a work of art, namely an artist's book, which he publishes himself in a small edition. In artists' books, the image usually dominates. The countless artist books that Baake has made are full of photos, woodcuts, linocuts, screenprints, collages and texts. The books are not literally about his travels and are therefore not comparable to the way we make our photo album or diary after a holiday. Baake’s way of working is similar in general: he prepares for his voyage, at the actual trip he will make drawings, writings, photographs; in his studio back home these together with his thoughts and ideas will be transformed into books, prints, sketches, portfolios, articles.