“The latest limited-edition artist’s book from Gray Fraser. At the vanguard of Canadian artist’s publications since 1989, in fortyseven Fraser continues to explore the form through content, presentation, presence and absence. Here he uses the formal structure of the square as a counterpoint to the organic and nebulous topic he explores: how do we perceive our universe, and does it matter? What is fortyseven? What is its significance? Do we truly believe that he chose this number as his title because he ‘feels like there are 47 days until summer’? Through precise, defined pages occupied by Fraser’s hazy, undefined photographs we are challenged to interpret, seek, and question - both the artist’s interpretation of reality and our own relationships to the cosmos, the predictability of lunar patterns, and our paradoxical dependence upon their mystery.”