Gelareh Khoie

The Big Book of Rain, 1998

Collages and Mixed Media in an old book of Morality Tales 

There was an alternative gallery space in Honolulu where I lived just after art school and they were doing a show with a literary theme. I worked on this book of collages for a few months and built a little altar for it where it was displayed for the exhibition. The works are all completely intuitive. I carried around a big box of art supplies with me wherever I went and I had lots of scraps and photos and memorabilia in there, too, and glue, of course. I used money from a visit to China, I used found objects like photos found in the street, and I used letters and messages sent to me by friends over the years. The book also contains quite a bit of my writing, scribbled in the pages and written on the spot as I worked on the book. The entire book can be viewed on my website at http://www.gelarehkhoie.com/the-big-book-of-rain/the-big-book-of-rain