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Janice Kerbel

‘JOKE’

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£35

ISBN 978-1-7393293-9-6

Janice Kerbel’s ‘JOKE’ gathers forty-nine jokes all sharing death as their subject. Exploring its unusual subject in tones that range from lighthearted nursery fun to the darkest humour, the collection roams from detached amusement to full belly laughter, while illuminating the inherent structures of this subset of slapstick comedy, one of Kerbel’s long standing interests. Presented with forensic precision recalling the elegance of Conceptual Art’s publications, the joke-texts raise from the bottom of each page conjuring a New Jersey post-mortem landscape or graveyard; a hefty splatter of fake blood on the inside covers adds further gore to the proceedings.

Janice Kerbel is represented by greengrassi, London; i8, Rejkavik; Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver; and Karin Guenther, Hamburg.