Silver Buckle Press
Active in Madison 1973–2015
A Printer’s Exquisite Corpse, 1992
Thirty-five artists, including many UW–Madison alumni. Left column: Cathie Ruggie Saunders (head), Pati Scobey (upper torso), Mary Jo Pauly (lower torso), Jim Escalante (feet)
Right column: Jim Lee (head), Katherine Kuehn (upper torso), Ruth Lingen (lower torso), Barbara Tetenbaum (feet)
Letterpress and mixed media
Silver Buckle Press, Madison, Wisconsin
Edition of 100
A Printer’s Exquisite Corpse was organized by Barbara Tetenbaum for publication by Silver Buckle Press. This deluxe portfolio exchange features artists using letterpress techniques in visually expressive, often non-traditional ways. The name exquisite corpse derives from a game played by the Surrealists in which collective drawings were created. By passing drawings from one person to another and concealing the previous additions, fantastic, often absurd creations result. In A Printer’s Exquisite Corpse, each artist contributed a printed body part. The playful format allows the prints to be interchanged and exhibited in thousands of combinations.
The included artists are: Pamela Barrie, John Bennett, Betsy Davids, Jim Escalante, Dikko Faust and Esther K. Smith, Diane Fine, Philip Gallo, Alisa Golden, Susan kae Grant, Barbara Henry, Tracy Honn, Shelly Hoyt, Alastair Johnston, Susan King, Katherine Kuehn, Peter Kruty, Tom Lang, Jim Lee, Bruce Licher, Ruth Lingen, Jeanette McGrath, Bonnie O’Connell, Mary Jo Pauly, Harry Reese, John Risseeuw, Cathie Ruggie-Saunders, Pati Scobey, Jim Sherraden, Pam Smith, Bonnie Stahlecker, Barbara Tetenbaum, Walter Tisdale, Claire Van Vliet, and Debra Weier.
