Andrea Chung – Between Too Late & Too Early exhibition catalog

Between Too Late & Too Early is an exhibition catalogue for artist Andrea Chung’s acclaimed mid-career survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami. Through her work, Andrea examines the legacies of slavery and colonialism in the Caribbean via explorations and reworking of archival material. Although the themes she deals with are difficult, her work is exceptionally beautiful, and I wanted typography of her catalogue to mimic this beauty.

Roslindale – “a balancing act of style, service, and sentiment” – was selected as the title and heading typeface because, in it, I found lovely alignment with Andrea’s work, given that its designer also reworked archival material (1890s De Vinne and its successors) to present something that addresses the past, while feeling very contemporary. The cutout image treatment of Roslindale on the cover of the book is also a nod to Andrea’s work with collages. While Roslindale was doing the most on essay openers, pull quotes, and such, balance was created through the clean functionality of Aeonik to help clearly convey the concepts in the essay texts, and for its readability at small sizes for the captions.