Perimeter turns 15 in 2026 and we're taking a trip down memory lane. The 15 Years of Perimeter poster series revisits a selection of Perimeter Editions titles published over the years – by Anu Kumar, Bartolomeo Celestino, Emily Ferretti, Travis MacDonald, and Ying Ang – many of which are no longer in print. Designed by our longtime creative collaborator (and friend) Narelle Brewer, the posters will be launched in store at Perimeter Books on Saturday, August 22 – details coming soon!
A1 poster (59.4 x 84.1 cm). Please note second image is a rough estimation of scale only.
Emily Ferretti – Walking in Both Directions | Perimeter Editions 019
The idea of duality is hardly a new one in the scope of art history. The threshing of tensions between lineages, aesthetics, references, techniques and their various counterpoints is at the core of art’s continual re-imagining and manifestation, especially in the context of the contemporary. During a career that has spanned the last decade, Melbourne-based artist Emily Ferretti has pieced together a convincing painterly vocabulary, only to gently rephrase, remould and recast it, time and time again. Walking in Both Directions arrives at a pivotal time for the artist. Bookending a three-month residency in the Australian Council’s Greene Street studio in New York City in 2015, the paintings, drawings and (in one case) major installation that feature in this book not only explore her work’s increasingly abstract, complex and faceted terrains, but her growing fascination and research into the aesthetic, compositional and philosophical underpinnings of American folk art.