NECROLOGY
In Necrology, photo portraits torn decades ago from obituaries in the New York Times are arranged in slyly humorous juxtapositions. Stripped of context beyond the original bare-bones captions, the faces of the dead are seen anew, their shared characteristics uncannily apparent. The book concludes with microbiographies of each person, hinting at both the richness and the arbitrariness of human life.
“Lawrence Levi does not tell us what death is in Necrology, nor what to do with our brief lives. What he does is give death a face—or more accurately, forty-six faces—to express just a bit of its mystery, its power, and its grim humor.” —Eric Morris-Pusey, Artists’ Book Reviews
48 pages • 5 × 7 inches • perfect-bound softcover with French flaps • edition of 100, numbered • printed by Conveyor Studio • 2021
Necrology is also available at Printed Matter in Manhattan and Quimby’s Bookstore in Brooklyn.
In Necrology, photo portraits torn decades ago from obituaries in the New York Times are arranged in slyly humorous juxtapositions. Stripped of context beyond the original bare-bones captions, the faces of the dead are seen anew, their shared characteristics uncannily apparent. The book concludes with microbiographies of each person, hinting at both the richness and the arbitrariness of human life.
“Lawrence Levi does not tell us what death is in Necrology, nor what to do with our brief lives. What he does is give death a face—or more accurately, forty-six faces—to express just a bit of its mystery, its power, and its grim humor.” —Eric Morris-Pusey, Artists’ Book Reviews
48 pages • 5 × 7 inches • perfect-bound softcover with French flaps • edition of 100, numbered • printed by Conveyor Studio • 2021
Necrology is also available at Printed Matter in Manhattan and Quimby’s Bookstore in Brooklyn.
In Necrology, photo portraits torn decades ago from obituaries in the New York Times are arranged in slyly humorous juxtapositions. Stripped of context beyond the original bare-bones captions, the faces of the dead are seen anew, their shared characteristics uncannily apparent. The book concludes with microbiographies of each person, hinting at both the richness and the arbitrariness of human life.
“Lawrence Levi does not tell us what death is in Necrology, nor what to do with our brief lives. What he does is give death a face—or more accurately, forty-six faces—to express just a bit of its mystery, its power, and its grim humor.” —Eric Morris-Pusey, Artists’ Book Reviews
48 pages • 5 × 7 inches • perfect-bound softcover with French flaps • edition of 100, numbered • printed by Conveyor Studio • 2021
Necrology is also available at Printed Matter in Manhattan and Quimby’s Bookstore in Brooklyn.