Books by Didier Mutel

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7 SEAS OF CAPT ACID

This atlas comprises 48 plates, representing globe gores intended to form a terrestrial globe.

Didier Mutel's "Manifeste de l’Acide Brut"

Mutel's defense and celebration of etching

La Gradiva.

Illustrated with 21 original large double-page engravings by Didier Mutel, one of 30 copies.

La Pierre Rosette [The Rosetta Stone].

The Rosetta Stone for Mutel’s Poetics of Acid Etching.

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.

My Way I

“My Way is the generic title given to the first Acide Brut Action.” -the artist.

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 Birds of Acid, part 5

Sketches of six new birds by Didier Mutel

THE FIRST ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES OF ACID

71 Hand-drawn and etched plates by Didier Mutel

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.