Redress Papers.

Charlotte, North Carolina:: Wobble Press,, 2017.. Edition of 15 + 2 AP, 1 Handling Copy. 17" x 25" x 1" closed, 38 pages. Soft-cover book. Pigment print on Moab Entrada Rag Bright 300 gm. Whip stitched and perfect bound with foil stamped cover. Signed and numbered by the artist. Tyler Starr: "Redress Papers commemorates the messy and poetic process of trying to grasp an understanding of horrific attempts to address perceived wrongs in the world. This process of reengaging the past and sorting through reams of investigative documents includes free associations and open-ended conclusions.  "The book is composed of photogravures including 6 depictions of vehicles in which individuals were assassinated by Ku Klux Klansmen. The murders referenced include unresolved cold cases. The victims' vehicles are reconstructed through collage of the fragments appearing in FBI documents pieced together with accurate images of the cars found in auto classifieds. Interspersed with the damaged vehicles are examples of theatrical attempts to redress humanity's transgressions in the form of Japanese film monsters (kaiju) created at Toho studios near where Starr lived in Tokyo for seven years.  "This project was completed with support from a Puffin Foundation Grant." Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal "Vintage violence": "the history of race relations in the United States is replete with situations and circumstances that reflect deep-seated prejudice and egregious injustice. … Artist Tyler Starr focuses on specific examples from the 1960s, when the American South erupted with brutal attacks by white thugs on innocent black citizens, far too many of whom didn't survive these encounters. … "Starr's motive for revisiting these shocking episodes from our relatively recent history is to provide a belated remedy of sorts - at least to the extent of acknowledging and raising awareness about these events. The underlying implication is that such a painfully honest approach is necessary to the larger goal of healing this country's ongoing racial division. … "Redress Papers … involved extensive research of declassified FBI documents about unresolved cold cases of murder and terrorism by the Ku Klux Klan and its sympathizers during the Civil Rights era. Starr combined photographs and other information from these documents with additional imagery. … "A reproduction of a related article from Jet magazine, about the drive-by shooting of a Lemuel Penn … includes a quotation from the minister who spoke at Penn's funeral, exhorting mourners to weep for the murderer's mother 'who gave birth to a monstrosity she thought was a man.' "Picking up on the 'monstrosity' reference, Starr incorporated several images from Japanese films about giant monsters. …