A-Jump Books is pleased to announce the release of Isabelle Evertse’s new book, Anthropoides Paradiseus. The title comes from the scientific name for the blue crane, the national bird of Evertse’s native South Africa. In the artist’s own words, the book is a “reflection on roots, points of origin, and migration.” The impetus for the work was the birth of the artist’s first child, which left her seeking clues to her own past as she faced the new experience of motherhood. Evertse interweaves family photographs, art historical references, and graphic illustrations in a compelling collection of images that is both quiet and unsettling.
