Noreen Grahame
Stamp Out Democracy, 2012
Rubber-stamps on Kaskad Wheatear Yellow and Curious Translucent paper.
Machine bound with red cotton.
21.0 x 15.0 cm.
Signed and numbered.
Edition of 100.

Usados para endossar documentos oficiais, os humildes carimbos encarnam o poder. Por essa razão apenas foram empregados para fazer o livro Stamp out Democracy.
Um número mínimo de palavras ‘endossam’ a mensagem de que a democracia é sempre vulnerável. Como todos os perigos que começam pequenos e são ignorados, ‘stamp out‘ cresce em força a cada página até que ‘democracy‘ seja ‘erradicada’.

Used for official endorsements the humble rubber-stamp embodies power. For just that reason rubber-stamps are employed in Stamp out Democracy.

A minimum number of words ‘endorse’ the message that democracy is always vulnerable. Like all dangers that begin small and are ignored ‘stamp out’ grows in strength with each page until ‘democracy’ has been ‘stamped out’.
On the surface a light-hearted book commenting on the erosion of democratic rights. Below the surface, page by page, this light-heartedness is stamped out.

http://www.grahamegalleries.com.au/index.php/stamp-out-democracy