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      Shantell Martin Designs Two Decks of Playing Cards with Her Signature Black-and-White Doodles

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      May 4, 2021
      Grace Ebert

      All images via Theory11
      The Whitney Museum and luxury playing-card company Theory11 are teaming up on a series of artist-designed decks, and their first edition deals in British artist Shantell Martin (previously). Titled “LINE,” the same combination of Martin’s signature patchwork doodles and affirmational messages inscribe the dual deck, which is available in both a black and a white version. The line drawings are mostly monochromatic with the exception of bursts of color on the joker and face cards, which feature mirrored characters encircled by words like “wisdom” and “joy.”
      Each deck is printed on FSC-certified paper with vegetable inks and starch laminates, and the cards are canvas textured and blind embossed. Both the black and white versions launched yesterday and are available from Theory11 and the Whitney Shop. You also might enjoy UNO’s sold-out collaboration with Nina Chanel Abney and this revolutionary deck from Studio LO. (via Artnet)

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      A Massive Compendium of Tarot Cards Explores 600 Years of the Divine Decks

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      August 8, 2020
      Grace Ebert

      By Mina Mond, Wild Men Tarot, 2014, France. All images © Taschen, shared with permission
      Compiling more than 500 cards, a new book sequences an incredibly diverse array of metaphysical decks from medieval to modern times. Tarot is arranged in order from the Major to the Minor Arcana and examines the meaning behind the varied illustrations, considering who created them and when. From a whimsical, black-and-white rendering of The Lovers by Madison Ross to French occultist Jean-Baptise Alliette’s pastel series, the compendium explores the collaborations between mystics and artists that have been happening for centuries. Many of the pieces included in the 520-page book are being shown outside their respective decks for the first time.
      Tarot, which you can purchase on Tashcen’s site, is the debut tome in the publisher’s ongoing Library of Esoterica series. You also might enjoy paging through Salvador Dalí’s surreal deck.

      Madison Ross, The Lovers, 2019, Canada
      From Visconti-Sforza, Yale Deck, mid-15th century, Italy
      Elisabetta Trevisan, Crystal Tarot, 1994, Italy
      By Jean-Baptise Alliette, France
      By Olivia M. Healy, The Fool, 2019, England
      By Jean-Baptise Alliette, Etteilla, France
      By Minka Sicklinger, Bryn McKay, Eve Bradford, Strength, United States
      From Visconti-Sforza, Yale Deck, mid-15th century, Italy

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