Photograph of stacked pieces of plywood with abstracted printed and drawn imagery in purple, blue, green, black, and white by the artist Caroline Coolidge.

Stack 3, 2022
Screenprint and chalk pastel on plywood
50 x 30 x 5 in.

Photograph of an artwork by artist Caroline Coolidge showing two plywood stacks, a smaller one on the left. The plywood has screen-printed abstract imagery across it, but it is still possible to see the original texture and color of the wood.

Stack 4, 2022
Screenprint and chalk pastel on plywood
50 x 50 x 5 in.

A photograph of a work on paper by artist Caroline Coolidge. The paper is white and is covered with a few organic, circular-looking abstract lines that are green and gray and layered.

Folio 3 (page 1), 2022
Screenprint on paper
11 x 16 in.

Folio 3 (page 2), 2022
Screenprint on paper
16 x 11 in.

A photograph of a work on paper by artist Caroline Coolidge. The paper is white and is covered with abstract, textural marks that are layered and varying shades of blue.

Folio 3 (page 19), 2022
Screenprint on paper
11 x 16 in.

A photograph of an artwork made from layered sheets of paper with abstract textures and marks by artist Caroline Coolidge on top of a white background. Three horizontal sheets are attached to one another and fill the top half of the page and one sheet is connected to the center top sheet and fills the bottom.

Folio 11 (page 2), 2022
Ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
17 x 25 in. (closed)

A white background with three sheets covered in drawings by artist Caroline Coolidge are attached making an L shape.

Folio 11 (page 4), 2022
Ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
17 x 25 in. (closed)

An abstract collage by artist Caroline Coolidge made from gray tracing paper, brown paper, and brown masking tape.

Folio 11 (page 5), 2022
Ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
17 x 25 in. (closed)

Photograph of an artwork by artist Caroline Coolidge showing stacks of transparent paper with abstract gray line drawings on a white background.

Stack 5 (page 2), 2022
Screenprint on dura-lar
14 x 17 in. (closed)

Photograph of an artwork by artist Caroline Coolidge showing two stacks of transparent paper with abstract gray line drawings on a white background.

Stack 5 (pages 17 and 18), 2022
Screenprint on dura-lar
14 x 17 in. (closed)

Utilizing a range of materials, Folios, Stacks, 2022, expands the notion of the artist book by creating a series of unbound and thus unstable material piles. These objects question the definition of physicality, objecthood, and how meaning is constantly being repositioned. The latter mimics the way our collective attention moves within a digital platform, trying to access visual culture and information. Because the pages are precariously movable, the viewer becomes a collaborator by asserting their own presence within the objects, defining juxtapositions, changing page order, and translating the relationships between the elements, thereby, creating new meaning.