Books by Didier Mutel
7 SEAS OF CAPT ACID
This atlas comprises 48 plates, representing globe gores intended to form a terrestrial globe.
La Gradiva.
Illustrated with 21 original large double-page engravings by Didier Mutel, one of 30 copies.
Le Murmure: condition et destin de l’artiste.
One of Mutel's most delicate works, illustrated with abstract anthropomorphic figures reminiscent of the surrealists so admired by Ponge.
Melencholia II, III, IV (2021)
Melencholia II, III, IV (2021) by Didier Mutel and Nicolas Bardey, is a collaborative response to Melencholia I (1514), a copperplate engraving by the German artist Albrecht Dürer, which they present here in a series that combines engraving and serigraphy.
Resolution 217A des Nations Unies: Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme.
R217A reproduces the text of the United Nations Resolution 217A, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man, made December 10, 1948, which was ratified by the UN General Assembly in Paris by 58 member states.
The Birds of Acid
The Birds of Acid is a response to John J. Audubon’s extraordinary Birds of America. In this work Didier Mutel reinterprets, in his own way, this monument in the history of engraving and printmaking.
The Birds of Acid, part 3
Didier Mutel's homage to John J. Audubon’s extraordinary Birds of America
The Forbes Simulachres
A recurring theme in Mutel’s work brings traditional and historical printing technology and motifs into the present moment
The Hellmap Atlas
The HELLMAP ATLAS is a geography of Hell inspired by Sandro Botticelli's (circa 1485) drawings for an unrealized edition of Dante's Inferno.