Publisher: MACK
Publication Date: March 22, 2022
Language: English
Pages: 282
ISBN-10: 1913620565
ISBN-13: 978-1913620561
Format: Swiss-bound paperback with silkscreen-printed gauze spine
Features: 18 gatefolds; 2 paper stocks; 48 × 60 cm poster inserted in back cover
Dimensions: 24.5 × 32 cm
Plates: 116
Inspired by Valerie Solanas’ SCUM Manifesto, Justine Kurland’s SCUMB Manifesto proposes the Society for Cutting Up Men’s Books. The book gathers collages made by cutting and reconfiguring photobooks by male artists, part of Kurland’s effort to dismantle a canon dominated by straight white men. Through collage—fragmented, hybrid, and transformative—she reclaims authorship and challenges systems of power. Both critical and restorative, these works echo the feminist visions of her earlier series Girl Pictures and Mama Babies. Each composition becomes an act of resistance and reimagining. Includes essays by Marina Chao, Renee Gladman, Catherine Lord, and Ariana Reines.
Publisher: MACK
Publication Date: March 22, 2022
Language: English
Pages: 282
ISBN-10: 1913620565
ISBN-13: 978-1913620561
Format: Swiss-bound paperback with silkscreen-printed gauze spine
Features: 18 gatefolds; 2 paper stocks; 48 × 60 cm poster inserted in back cover
Dimensions: 24.5 × 32 cm
Plates: 116
Inspired by Valerie Solanas’ SCUM Manifesto, Justine Kurland’s SCUMB Manifesto proposes the Society for Cutting Up Men’s Books. The book gathers collages made by cutting and reconfiguring photobooks by male artists, part of Kurland’s effort to dismantle a canon dominated by straight white men. Through collage—fragmented, hybrid, and transformative—she reclaims authorship and challenges systems of power. Both critical and restorative, these works echo the feminist visions of her earlier series Girl Pictures and Mama Babies. Each composition becomes an act of resistance and reimagining. Includes essays by Marina Chao, Renee Gladman, Catherine Lord, and Ariana Reines.
