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kikikikismith:

I Love My Love is a ballad by Helen Adam that was illustrated by Kiki Smith. Kalamazoo College is fortunate enough to have an edition of it in their Rare Books collection. The piece is an accordion fold book with eighteen panels, all of which are illustrated with original scans of Kiki Smith’s own hair, which is quite distinctive. The book was published in 2009 and is akin to her later work, which celebrates the lives of women in folklore and myth. Helen Adam’s ballad is based on a traditional celtic folk story with a somewhat medusa-esque theme. In the tale, a bride-groom murders his lover, whose hair continues to haunt him.