Sister Corita Kent Book & Complete Set of 34 United Church Press Prints Published in 1968, Vintage MidCentury Art Book by Corita Kent

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From the introduction, written by Sister Corita Kent:
Today is a question-making time for man, a time in which we … Read more From the introduction, written by Sister Corita Kent:
Today is a question-making time for man, a time in which we have been forced to notice newly the uniqueness of people and things as they squirm out of the categories and definitions. Perhaps some insights about the process of art may be illuminating for this time. The thing about art that delights and confounds us is that it never happens again. This delights us if we have learned how to look because the esthetic experience allows all of our human faculties to be absorbed in the environment of the present and for a while to be fully alive without reflecting, without turning back or looking ahead. Uniqueness confounds us because there are no rules for guides. There can be no science of the particular. In a sense this confounding is a delight because it puts us in touch with that aspect of reality which is described as uniqueness--the fact that nothing ever happens twice in the same way in every respect.
For that side of man which is tired of living with pat answers to problems which haven't been fully explored yet, art can be a kind of second wind--a breathing exercise. Both the rational and intuitive approaches to reality must be respected. Because man tended in our recent past to exaggerate the role of the rational to the neglect of the intuitive, it is now a relief to the intuition of its own. - Sister Corita
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Corita Kent (1918-1986), born Frances Elizabeth Kent, was a prolific mid-century American artist, designer, educator, and former Catholic nun. She is best known for her exuberant, sometimes politically charged, serigraphs (silkscreen prints) which mixed pop art imagery with messages of social justice, peace, and love.
This rare complete collection of 34 prints as well as a book sharing the process of Sister Corita's art-making. This impressive 1968 compilation is every bit as necessary to reflect upon today as it was when it was published. Each print as well as the book remain in wonderful condition. The box it resides in shows signs of wear, but is to be expected given its 57 year age.

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14 3.4" tall
10 3/4" wide
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