Selections From The American Matchbook Company
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Description
Selections from the American Matchbook Company, is a ten page pamphlet style book by Ryan Standfest. The pages are an off white with red and blue patriotic colors, the cover has large text of the title in altering colors between the navy blue and red. The first page is a description of the content of the book, "Sixteen matchbook paintings selected from a series of fifty." Each page holds a risogrpah image of a monochrome matchbook, each with a different message, satirical take on government, or sociatal norms. Each matchbook is numbered on the bottom, ranging in order and from ten to fifty, flipping through the book the reader gets a viewing of deceit, lies, and control from the government and different hyerarchies. This work comments on America's class system, policing, and captitlistic greed all through small matchbooks of altering color on each page.
Publisher
Cache Printing Services, Detroit, Michigan USA
Subject
American propoganda, satirical government, social norms, war, greed
Extent
5" x 5" or 12.7cm x 12.7 cm; 10 pages including cover and back
Style
Staple bound pamphlet
Material
Paper, ink, and staples
Technique
Risograph
Date
2021
Recommended Citation
Standfest, Ryan, "Selections From The American Matchbook Company" (2021). Rollins College Book Arts Collection. 138.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/138
Other Information
https://ryanstandfest.com/books/selections-from-the-american-matchbook-company/view/6082027/1/6082052