Palpung Parkhang

Clifton Meador

Palpung Parkhang

Chicago, IL

Clifton Meador and the Center for Book and Paper, Columbia College

2012

Offset printed with letterpress printed dust jacket.

I have collected several books by Clifton Meador as I admire his meditative approach that slows the viewer down to absorb each page. His love of books and libraries and his exquisite use of photography is well encapsulated in his series of books devoted to Tibetan books and their production. “Meador combines writing, photography, printmaking, and design to make books that explore how the narratives of culture, history, and place are the basis for identity. This artists’ book is one of three based on his visit to study traditional Tibetan book production and presents photographs taken in the Palpung Monastery in Tibet. Each spread consists of one numbered photograph matching a note detailing what the artist saw. The footnotes create a dual narrative of the artist’s experience and the converse experience of the monastery’s inhabitants.” Description from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers.