Howell, Debra and David Rive — The Vestiges Project: Contemporary Memorials
New Orleans, Louisiana, The Vestiges Project, 1989. textured cream portfolio w/ black & red printing. 18 loose 8x11 sheets w/ bw illustrations. 'Includes introductory sheets I-V (two IV pages) followed by 12 black/white printed sheets from various artists in the collective. "A collaboration between visual artists and writers who examined a specific type of 'vestige': the carefully salvaged and preserved memory, the Memorial. Through a series of multidisciplinary installations on three floors and a courtyard of a burned-out 19th century rowhouse, artists and writers used significant remnants of their past to reinterpret what was memorable in a contemporary context..Participating Artists included: Charlie Bishop, Catalina Mateescu Bogdan, Kaye Canipe, Gerald Cannon, Andrei Codrescu, Alan Gerson, Jan Gilbert, Brooks Graham, Danella Hero, Debra Howell, Richard Katrovas, Yusef Komunyakaa, Carolyn Maisel, Tom Mims, Kristen Struebing-Beazley, Jean Tardy."--The Vestiges Project Website. VG- (portfolio scuffed & scratched. rubbing & creasing to corners & spine ends. pgs have light rubbing to corners & edges; remain fairly sharp) .