WOMAN
2025
Limited Edition

2. Visual Sequence (Primary)

  • 4–8 images maximum

  • Mix of:

    • Full book views

    • Detail spreads

    • Material/process close-ups

  • No text interrupting the sequence

(Images should establish authority before explanation.)

3. Short Descriptive Text (150–200 words)

A single, carefully composed paragraph describing:

  • Conceptual premise

  • Historical or ethical grounding

  • Why the book needed to exist as a book

No theory name-dropping unless essential.

4. Material & Edition Details (Structured)

Presented as a calm list, not a block of prose:

  • Format / dimensions

  • Materials

  • Printing / processes

  • Binding / structure

  • Edition size

  • Press or collaborators (if applicable)

  • Year(s)

5. Contextual Placement (Optional Section)

Only if relevant:

  • Associated exhibitions

  • Related works (installation / film / performance)

  • Awards or major recognitions

This section should feel archival, not promotional.

This heirloom forms the conceptual core of WO·MAN. Through close photographic examinations of seams, frayed edges, and interior structures, Maruschak treats the blouse as a manuscript: evidence, testimony, and cultural repository. The project extends a material inquiry that began with her first book (2017), crafted from handmade hemp paper in homage to early Ukrainian women’s labour. That inaugural work established the foundations of her aesthetic—a devotion to rare materials, artisanal processes, and the preservation of cultural memory through book form.

Historical black and white photo of a group of people, some carrying logs, set against a background of trees and debris.
A black and white photograph of seven people dressed in traditional Eastern European folk costumes, seated and standing in front of a dark curtain, with some wearing bead jewelry and embroidered clothing.

Collectors’ familiar with her works—TRANSFIGURATION and THIS LAND—will recognize the continuity. Textiles function throughout her oeuvre as democratic architecture, binding personal histories to collective experience. The trajectory culminates in TRANSLATION 19,546 (2026), an edition that synthesizes her decades-long engagement with fibre, archive, and the lives of Ukraine’s missing children in a form designed for institutional stewardship. For collectors, it offers an object of exceptional provenance and cultural significance—an artifact of Ukrainian survival rendered with the precision and depth of contemporary fine press bookmaking.

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A black and white photograph of a young woman with short hair, wearing a jacket and checkered scarf, standing outdoors in front of a large tree.
A historical painting of the Princess Charlotte steamboat on the water, carrying many passengers, with smoke billowing from its two smokestacks, and a pink sky in the background.

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