Environmental issues through the artist’s book. The personal experience and scientific data in the works of Rosell Meseguer, Liz Menard and Ireri Topete

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Eva Mayo Ramos
University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Starting with the overall goal of studying the social function of the artist’s book, we examine how this artistic object presents an environmental and ecological perspective. Using a qualitative methodology within the interpretative paradigm, we studied case studies of works that, in their concern for nature, claim to retrain on the position of human beings in the world and the impact of their actions. Through documentary research, scientific knowledge, and direct observation, artists Liz Menard, Rosell Meseguer, and Ireri Topete integrate subjectivities into their artist books, exploring aspects such as nature experiences, land use and abuse, and the impacts of climate change on territory and people. They reveal a creative speech that appeals to responsibility, reflection and social awareness, underscoring a transformative character committed to their time.

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artist’s book, subjectivity, social transformation, environment

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Mayo Ramos, Eva. “Environmental issues through the artist’s book. The personal experience and scientific data in the works of Rosell Meseguer, Liz Menard and Ireri Topete”. Artnodes, no. 37, pp. 1-10, doi:10.7238/artnodes.v0i37.432922.
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Eva Mayo Ramos, University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Bachelor of Fine Arts (specializing in graphic techniques) from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Diploma in Social Education and master degree in Social Work, Welfare State, and Social Intervention Methodologies from the National University of Distance Education (UNED). She obtained her doctorate with the thesis titled La dimensión social del Libro de Artista. Aproximaciones al libro-arte desde el análisis de la relación arte-sociedad (The Social Dimension of the Artist’s Book. Approximations to the book-art from the analysis of the art-society relationship). She is a professor in the drawing department at UPV/EHU’s School of Fine Arts, where she teaches text illustration and engraving technologies and processes. Both her training and career focus on integrating art, graphics, and social issues, subjects on which she has published articles in academic journals.

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