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An Unknown Soldier (artists book)

An Unknown Soldier (deluxe edition) Henningham Family Press 2011 Edition of 30 (first 10 are in screenprinted oblique wooden box including 13 screenprints and two pamphlets) Acquired by: – Saison Poetry Library (Royal Festival Hall) – University College London Library (special collections) “Henningham’s mordant wit and avant-garde flair is part of another poetic tradition stretching

Trench

Trench (bold, italic) Henningham Family Press 2011 Edition 75 screenprint 184 x 262 mm £138 (£228 framed) In our An Unknown Soldier project we are writing as people who have felt the legacy of the First World War, primarily through family stories, but not first-hand. We wanted to depict the impression it had made upon

Royal Poster (left aligned)

Royal Poster (left aligned) Henningham Family Press 2011 Edition 30 screenprint 20 x 25in £234 (£390 framed) Selected C0llections: Victoria and Albert Museum Saison Poetry Library (Royal Festival Hall) Royal Poster (left aligned), is from our An Unknown Soldier project, which ruminates on the meaning of a memorial to an unknown soldier in the age

Imperial Poster (fully justified)

Imperial Poster (fully justified) Henningham Family Press 2011 Edition 30 screenprint 22 x 30in £234 (£390 framed) Selected C0llections: Victoria and Albert Museum Imperial Poster (fully justified), is from our An Unknown Soldier project, which ruminates on the meaning of a memorial to an unknown soldier in the age of DNA testing. Does he now

An Unknown Soldier at Poetry Library 11am – 6pm 18th Nov

An Unknown Soldier and other recent acquisitions will be on show at the Saison Poetry Library as part of their 4th annual Open Day Poetic Censorship 11am – 6pm FREE Poetry Library Level 5 Royal Festival Hall London SE1 8XX

The Poetry Library (Royal Festival Hall) adds HFP to collection

The Saison Poetry Library on Level 5 of the Royal Festival Hall is “the most comprehensive and accessible collection of poetry from 1912 in Britain.” It is the nation’s poetry collection. So we are thrilled that they have acquired pretty much everything we have made with poetry. For their recently developed fine print collection you

HFP at POLYply with James Wilkes, Thurs 19th April 2012

Hello Friends, Tomorrow we’ll be doing an opening spot with regular HFP collaboratee James Wilkes at a monthly event called POLYply. We will be representing a project called Special Works School, revisiting the WW1 camouflage school that existed in Kensington Gardens, where Fine Artists trained in the aesthetics of subterfuge. We will be road testing

‘Special Works School’ accepted at Kandinsky Library, Centre Pompidou

Last year we became involved with a number of artists and writers in the Special Works School project, founded by James Wilkes and Heather Ring. It’s a collaboration based on a camouflage school based in South Ken during WW1. The first publication (published by Special Works School) has been accepted by Kandinsky Library, Centre Pompidou

Two works acquired by the V&A

Two of our screenprints have just been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum for their permanent collection. Royal Poster (left aligned) and Imperial Poster (fully justified), are both works from our An Unknown Soldier series, which mediatates on the meaning of a memorial to an unknown soldier in the age of DNA testing. Does

Introducing An Unknown Soldier

What is the meaning of a memorial to an unknown soldier in the age of DNA testing? Does he now embody our desire to ignore the past, rather than remember? At Christie’s Multiplied we launched this whole new body of work, which we’ve been working on over four years. We all know that new technology