Archive Books is the publishing name used for a series of Artists Books produced by Victoria Lucas over the past three years. A selection of these books can be found in special collections across the UK, including the Brotherton Library Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Tate Britain, London. They have been exhibited in various Artist Book Fairs across the country, and have also been part of touring exhibitions, traveling to various galleries in Europe, America, and Mexico. Victoria Lucas creates artists’ books that record places and objects specific to the notion of time continuum. Consisting of photography, scanned images and text, her books present collections of these subjects in a way that draw attention to categories through their function, history and cultural references.
Archive Books is the publishing name used for a series of Artists Books produced by Victoria Lucas over the past three years. A selection of these books can be found in special collections across the UK, including the Brotherton Library Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Tate Britain, London. They have been exhibited in various Artist Book Fairs across the country, and have also been part of touring exhibitions, traveling to various galleries in Europe, America, and Mexico.
Victoria Lucas creates artists’ books that record places and objects specific to the notion of time continuum. Consisting of photography, scanned images and text, her books present collections of these subjects in a way that draw attention to categories through their function, history and cultural references.
'Trace' 2008Read more
'Traces' can be viewed as a series of portraits. A collection of second hand spectacles, bought from a Flea Market in Berlin, become traces of the people who one wore them.
'Spent' 2008Read more
Spent archives a collection of obsolete projection bulbs, each one intricate and beautiful in design. The book takes the ordinary out of the everyday, highlighting the aesthetics of these once functional and very common articles.
'Souvenir' 2008Read more
A collection of keyrings belonging to a man Lucas met whilst at a Bookfair.
'Correspondence' 2008Read more
Correspondence is a boxed archive of stamps, all relating to one another not just through their function, but also through their design. This book encapsulates the love letter, presenting the viewer with many variations of the heart symbol. The collection comprises two books, which could symbolize lovers or friends.
'Girl Guides' 2007Read more
'Girl Guides' contains a collection of Brownie Badges awarded to the artist as a child, for the completion of each individual task assigned.
'Eraser' 2007Read more
Eraser is an archive book representing the artist's childhood collection of rubbers.
'An Archive of Time' 2006Read more
Time is a collection of Clock Hands, each one representative of a different era and place.
'Family Archive' 2006Read more
Family Archive documents a selection of objects taken from the artist’s own family heirloom collection. The eclectic mix of objects provides a number of clues in relation to the lives of the individuals who owned these items. Fragmented tales that have been passed down from one generation to the next are woven in to the book through the imagery that it presents.
'Family Archive' 2006 Family Archive documents a selection of objects taken from the artist’s own family heirloom collection. The eclectic mix of objects provides a number of clues in relation to the lives of the individuals who owned these items. Fragmented tales that have been passed down from one generation to the next are woven in to the book through the imagery that it presents.