87 Suns From Flickr - 29 Visible by Penelope Umbrico

Penelope Umbrico's art is as much about the process of creation as it is about the art itself. Her work has made her a kind of 21st century archivist who investigates the things we take for granted, and her newest project is an extension of that idea.

Many already know Penelope for her 87 Suns From Flickr - 29 Visible and 79 Moons From Flickr - 51 Visible , works that burn with a sort of cheeky commentary on cliche, consumption and the power of the Internet. And, after some time on the lecture track and an exhibition at LMAKprojects that earned her coveted press in Art in America, Umbrico is working on a new project.

Her latest undertaking is Penelope Umbrico (Photographs), a kind of mixed media Ars Poetica about the creation process. For this Aperture title Umbrico is curating and appropriating a collection of previously published essays that relate to her artistic process and pairing them with artwork in a way that proposes new ideas and questions. The printed page has become Umbrico's new installation space in collaboration with Aperture's Andrew Sloat and Publisher and Book Editor Lesley Martin, and we're excited to see the final result. Check out this Aperture post to learn more about how Umbrico is tackling her monograph and look for the title to hit the presses in June of 2011.