My Second Cuban Crisis

Artist: Rick Raxlen

Date: October 12 to November 19, 1995

Vertical Gallery presented a series of Rick Raxlen's hand-crafted books. 

As Raxlen explained: "I have been making books since 1977 sometimes mailing them to friends and attempting to get "subscribers"; sometimes I'd hand-assemble 100 and number them. The book making started when I stopped making film and were fun, or personal narrative pieces. Printed under the acronym F.A.I.M. for Frustrated Artists Illustrated Monthly, they filled up my hands and my head." 

Rick Raxlen, "Artist's Statement", Open Space Archives, Victoria, B.C. (Box 27, File 1995: V9)