Meet the artist of Artyping: Typewriter Books and explore the art of typewriters with featured artist Claire Jeanine Satin. Satin's intricate work celebrates the legacy of typewriters, a medium she's embraced since 2016, inspired by her father's use of Julius Nelson's Artyping as a teaching tool. For more information, please contact the branch at (305) 375-2665 or email art@mdpls.org. All ages.
Explore the world of typewriters through Artyping: Typewriter Books, an imaginative exhibition featuring sculptural pieces using physical components from typewriters—ribbons, spools, and keys—alongside elements from their modern counterparts, computers.
Artist Claire Jeanine Satin thoroughly explores a theme in her book works until she feels she has reached her desired goal. As a result, her series sometimes consists of only a few handmade and unique volumes, while others extend into dozens. Many elements in her works incorporate reused or repurposed items, objects that intrigue her, and keepsakes from her travels.
Since 2016, typewriters have held a special place in Satin’s artistic practice. Her father, a teacher, taught a typewriting course using author Julius Nelson's seminal 1939 publication Artyping, the first manual on using the typewriter to create art. While typewriters were widely available in the United States from the 1880s until their eventual replacement in the 1980s by computers, Satin has been inspired by their beauty and actively keeps the legacy of this iconic tool alive.
Her Pentimento series, named after the Italian term for “the reappearance of an earlier image that has been changed and painted over,” includes some of the earliest books in this exhibit, dating back to 2002. While there is no unifying leitmotif in the Pentimento series, earlier works occasionally feature typewriter-produced elements.
Mon, Jan 27 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Jan 28 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Wed, Jan 29 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Thu, Jan 30 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Jan 31 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Feb 01 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Feb 02 | Closed |