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Double Press 
74''x106''
oil on canvas
2016
Photo credits:
Josh White
Double Press is a large scale oil painting part of Etienne Zack's Book Painting series. This painting uses the motif of cut u books to spell two repeating sentences throughout its depicted architecture.
Actuated
48''x42''
oil on canvas
2016
Photo credits:
Josh White
Actuated is an oil painting by Etienne Zack part of his series titled Book Paintings from 2016. This painting uses the motif of books and depicts blocks of marble-like material accentuating the architecture in the work.
Bottom Speak
112''x78''
oil on canvas
2016
Photo credits:
Josh White
Bottom Speak is a large scale oil painting part of Etienne Zack's Book Painting series. This painting uses the motif of cut up books to make characters and spell words. The composition visually descends into a quarry like structure.
Amnesia IS&WAS
106''x74''
oil on canvas
2016
Photo credits:
Josh White
Amnesia IS&WAS is a large scale oil painting part of Etienne Zack's Book Painting series. This painting uses the motif of books that have been pierced or have holes extracted from them.
Adamantly
48''x42''
oil on canvas
2013
Photo credits:
Josh White
Adamantly is an oil painting by Etienne Zack from his book painting series. These paintings are complex considerations of architecture, institutional power, redacted history, and the use of text as form, idea, and structure.
Papers I
45''x39''
oil on canvas
2013
Photo credits:
Josh White
Paper I, is the very first painting Etienne Zack which prompted a series of work titled Book Paintings.
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