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On
the
anniversary
of
the
horrific
events
of
last
September,
R.
Michelson
Galleries
is
hosting
a
solo
show
of
work
created
by
Michael
Kuch
in
reaction
to
the
terrifying
&
tragic
collapse
of
the
World
Trade
Center
Towers
&
our
subsequent
bombing
campaign.
Falling
to
Earth
is
an
exhibit
of
etchings
and
letterpress-printed
poetry
from
the
Double
Elephant
Press
fine-arts
book
of
the
same
title.
Watercolors
and
monotypes
created
during
the
development
of
the
book
will
also
be
on
display.
The
book’s
imagery
uses
the
metaphor
of
falling
to
look
at
the
human
&
spiritual
costs
of
violence.
Mythological
&
biblical
narratives
are
evoked
in
a
modern
framework
that
gives
perspective
to
the
terrifying
events
of
last
year.
Icarus,
Jacob’s
ladder
&
parachuting
Christs
descend
in
our
new
millenium.
The
fourteen
poems
&
twenty-one
etchings
are
also
frequented
by
angels
providing
a
vantage
from
above.
Though
the
imagery
does
not
shy
from
a
hard
look
at
the
human
toll
of
human
violence,
the
work
is
not
concerned
with
a
world
of
blame,
but
instead
hopes
to
unfold
as
a
kind
of
topographical
map
of
healing.
Complete
collections
of
Michael
Kuch’s
Double
Elephant
Press
are
housed
in
the
rare-book
libraries
of
many
notable
institutions
including
the
Library
of
Congress,
Yale
University,
The
University
of
Delaware,
&
Smith
College.
Kuch
studied
with
Leonard
Baskin
at
Hampshire
College
&
printed
etchings
for
Baskin’s
Gehenna
Press
for
over
ten
years.
Working
in
a
variety
of
media,
including
painting
&
sculpture,
Kuch
shows
locally
at
R.
Michelson
Galleries
and
has
had
solo
shows
in
New
York
City,
where
he
lives
near
the
site
of
the
tragedy.
The
show
will
run
from
September
5th
to
30th,
2002
to
at
R.
Michelson
Galleries,
25
S.
Pleasant
St.,
Amherst,
Massachusetts.
An
opening
reception
will
be
held
on
Thursday,
September
5th,
5
to
7
pm.
For
further
information,
please
call
R.
Michelson
Galleries
at
(413)
586-3964.The
Double
Elephant
Press
announces
Falling
to
Earth,
a
book
of
poems
&
intaglios
by
Michael
Kuch.
The
book
is
a
reaction
to
the
terrifying
&
tragic
collapse
of
the
World
Trade
Center
Towers
&
our
ensuing
bombing
campaign.
The
book’s
imagery
uses
the
metaphor
of
falling
to
look
at
the
human
&
spiritual
costs
of
violence.
Mythological
&biblical
narratives
are
evoked
in
a
modern
framework
that
may
give
perspective
to
raw,
recent
events.
Icarus,
Jacob’s
ladder
&
parachuting
Christs
descend
in
our
new
millenium.
Fourteen
poems
&
twenty-one
etchings
are
also
frequented
by
angels
providing
vantage
from
above.
Though
the
book
does
not
shy
from
a
hard
look
at
the
human
toll
of
human
violence,
the
work
is
not
concerned
with
a
world
of
blame,
but
instead
hopes
to
unfold
as
a
kind
of
topographical
map
of
healing.
The
volume
measures
fifteen
by
eleven
&
a
half
inches.
Vertical
raised
surfaces
on
the
front
cover
are
wrapped
in
gray,
handmade,
Japanese
paper
with
silver,
laid-screen
design
which
mimics
the
façade
of
the
former
World
Trade
Towers.
Collaged
strips
of
blue
&
white
paper
produce
the
illusion
of
sky
&
building
side.
Exposed
sewing
along
the
spine
continues
the
longitudinal
design.
The
back
cover
is
wrapped
in
grey,
metal-dried
paper
handmade
by
Dieu
Donné
Papermill
of
Manhattan.
The
sheets
for
the
signatures
are
a
blend
of
cotton
&
natural
abaca
fibers
made
by
hand
by
Shannon
Brock
at
Carriage
House
Papers
in
Brooklyn.
The
type
is
14
point
Emerson,
cast
by
David
Wolfe.
Letterpress
is
by
Art
Larson
who
also
printed
the
intaglios
with
Michael
Kuch.
Each
book
comes
in
a
steel-walled,
fall-back
box.
Shoshannah
Wineburg
&
Barry
Spence
bound
the
edition
of
one
hundred
&
ten
hors
commerce.
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