Exquisite corpses
Item
Shammaa, Amani, book artist, author. 2021. Exquisite Corpses. Artist’s Book. Illustration Research Archive. [St. Louis, Mo.] : [Amani Shammaa] : [Washington University], Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/redrawn/item/48354
- Descriptive Title
- Exquisite corpses
- Item Description
- Nine sheets of thin laid paper, each folded and framed at the sides with mesh gauze to resemble surgical face masks. Each 'mask' depicts an outdoor scene or streetscape, with additional details and text of a poem revealed between the folds. Two additional 'masks' provide a summary at the beginning and the full text of the poem, signed and dated by the artist, at the end. All laid in a clear resealable plastic bag.
- Publisher
- [St. Louis, Mo.] : [Amani Shammaa] : [Washington University]
- Date
- 2022
- Repository
- Illustration Research Archive
- Collection
- Special Collections General Stacks
- Call Number
- N7433.4.S2965 E97 2022
- Format
- PNG
- Medium
- Artist's Book
- Subject
- Artists' books -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects -- Poetry.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Psychological aspects -- Poetry.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Pictorial works.
- Masks in art.
- Rights
- IN COPYRIGHT
Shammaa, Amani, book artist, author. 2021. Exquisite Corpses. Artist’s Book. Illustration Research Archive. [St. Louis, Mo.] : [Amani Shammaa] : [Washington University], Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/redrawn/item/48354