WorldWise
By: designed by Linda K. Johnson
Contributors: National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)
Publisher: National Museum of Women in the Arts
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Maps in art; Globalization; Proverbs
Other titles: World wise
Description: "'Worldwise' by Linda K. Johnson, the recipient of the 2003 Library Fellows artist's book grant, juxtaposes visually and historically rich nineteenth-century maps with ancient proverbs from all corners of the earth. Thirty-two proverbs from cultures as diverse as Australian Aboriginal, Yiddish and Tibetan are presented in four small folded-book sections against a backdrop of old-world maps. The assembled book is a circle within a square, the circular shape of the case representing the world and the four book sections its four corners. Each of the four maps opens to form a four-point star and closes to a square that is housed in one of four compartments of this circular case."

This Volume in the artists' book series published by the Library Fellows of the National Museum of Women in the Arts to benefit the museum's Library and Research Center. Begun in 1989, the series is made possible by the creativity of artists and the enthusiasm of book lovers and collectors.
Notes: Circular case covered in handmade Thai Unryu paper. Case contains four small proverb books. Each book is based on folded 19th-century maps printed in 4-color digital offset on acid free Neenah classic wove natural white paper. The proverbs were letterpress printed by John Cutrone from photopolymer plates on Nepalese Lama Li paper in 12 point Matrix Book and the title is set in Matrix Script. Issued in a rice paper wrapper with explanatory text.