The Arrangement
Ruth Van Beek
RVB Books
Softcover
48 pages
250 x 340 mm
2013
ISBN 9791090306141
The Arrangement by Ruth Van Beek is available to view on Vimeo.
‘The Arrangement’ is a group of pictures Ruth Van Beek made with a collection of books on flower arranging. She has-been collecting books on this subject for years, mostly instructional books dating from the fifties to the seventies. They combine colorful still lifes of flower arrangements with the photography of a functional manual. Ruth Van Beek is specially interested in the translation of the strict rules and symbols of Japanese Ikebana into instructional books for Dutch housewives.
About the Artist
Ruth Van Beek, born in 1977, lives and works in Koog aan de Zaan, in the Netherlands.
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About the Publisher
RVB Books is both an independent publisher dedicated to designing and printing unique fine arts books and a gallery featuring exhibitions on new editorial practices.
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