The Page: An Interactive Exhibition of Artist Books

 

Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA

February 1 - March 12, 2010

 

Opening Reception: February 2, 5:30-9:00pm

Hours: Monday-Friday 12-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm

 

Co-curated by Karin Lanzoni & Rachelle W. Chuang

 

The artists’ book is a little known form-genre in which the artist presents his or her ideas in the form of a book. For this survey exhibition, thirty artists from a broad range studio art practices were asked to submit one page (in the original or poster format) from their artists’ book to mount on the walls of the gallery. Guest curators, Rachelle Chuang and Karin Lanzoni selected these artists—painters, photographers, sculptors, graphic designers, printers, performance artists, and book artists—each employing distinctive artistic strategies and techniques. A cursory view of the gallery walls filled with pages underscores the diverse and often times contradictory forms of this contemporary multiple.

 

Participating artists: Rheim Alkadhi, Michael Asher, Kim Beck, Stephen Berens, Sarah Bryant, David Bunn, Robin Caneron, Carolee Campbell, Macy Chadwick, Rebecca Chamblee, Colin Cook, Harrell Fletcher, Christine Forsythe, Dan Goodsell, Nancy Jo Haselbacher, Deborah Hede, Margaret Honda, David Horvitz, Steven Hull, Amos Kennedy, Mark Robert Lewis, Steve Miller, Susan Porteous, Sue Ann Robinson, Moira Roth & Slobodan Dan Paich, Jerome Saint-Loubert Bie, Robbin Ami Silverberg, Sumi Ink Club, Katie Lewis Underwood, Susan Viguers, Susan Weintz, Michelle Wilson, Jenny Yoshida.

RE: (rebound, recycled, repurposed, reused)

 

Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO

February 12 - March 20, 2010

 

Artists Reception: February 19, 5-8pm

 

An exhibition of mixed media artwork created with the intent of changing a book from its original form into a different form, thereby altering its meaning/intent. Some works in the exhibit continue to function as interactive books; other works, both two- and three-dimensional have become passive objects for display.

 

RE: was juried by Barbara Hale (Denver, Colorado) whose work is included in the exhibition. Hale is printmaking instructor at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Her selections include work by Adina Weinand/Andrew Vomhof, Amanda Nelson, Ania Gilmore, Barbara WF Miner, Cori Buder, Cynthia Colbert, Deborah Bryan, Haylee Ebersole, Jana Sim, Jean Tock, John Sager, Jonathan Whitfill, Jonathon Wiley, Julia Nelson-Gall, Katherine Reed, Margaret Whiting, Mary Jordan, Megan Moore, Peggy Johnston, Sandy Toland, Sara Furey Magee, Siobhan Martin, Susan Porteous, Virginia Unseld, and Will Ashford. The exhibition also features collages created from book parts by Chicago artist Douglas Stapleton and Denver artists Stephen Daniel Karpick and Susan Goldstein.

5th International Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius 2009

 

Leipzig Book Fair, Germany

March 12-15, 2009

 

Gallery "Arka" Vilnius, Lithuania

April 30 - May 16, 2009

 

Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark

September 12 - December 13, 2009

Opening: Saturday, September 12, 11am

 

Gallery "Hübner Bokform", Halmstad, Sweden

February – March, 2010

 

Seoul International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, Korea

May, 2010

 

Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy

October, 2010

 

An international exhibition of artists’ books based around the theme of "text". Organized by Circle "Bokartes" and curated by Kestutis Vasiliunas. More information available at projects.arts.lt

 

The 5th Triennial displays the most interesting artist’s books from all over the world. It is the most wonderful experience to see culture, traditions of different countries, art schools reflected in the artist's books created by the artists. Paper typographic books and books printed by the use of classic graphic techniques – wood engraving, silk-screen printing or lithography; books printed by mixed techniques by combining possibilities of digital printing with drawing, collage and object; concept and “handmade” embroidered books; books – objects, le parello and Flux books. The key role here is played by the idea which materialises in multidimensional forms, and it is absolutely unimportant what means of expression were used in the book. Thus, whether they are "bibliophilic" books or experimental or books – objects – all of them by supplementing each other and contrasting with each other help to reveal miraculous and mysterious world of the artist's book.

Natural Fibers

 

Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

October 11 - December 31, 2009

 

Opening Reception: October 11, 12-3pm

 

The Lower Floor gallery features dramatic sculpture by several artists working almost exclusively with natural materials. Handmade strings, twines, branches from trees, even bamboo and wax, are lashed, knotted, and otherwise assembled into startlingly haunting works of art in this group exhibition featuring Gail Fraser, Carol Shaw-Sutton, Polly Jacobs Giacchina, Susan Porteous.

Regis College Fine Arts Faculty

 

O’Sullivan Art Gallery, Regis University, Denver, CO

October 27 - December 4, 2009

 

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 29, 4:30-7:00pm

Due to adverse weather conditions the opening has been rescheduled for Thursday, November 5, 4:30-7:00pm

Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-4pm, Thursdays 2-8pm

 

Gallery Talks: Thursday, November 5, 7pm and Thursday, November 12, 7pm

 

Participating artists: Judy Gardner, Natasha McConnachie, Jennifer Moorhead, Anthony Ortega, Jessie Paige, Susan Porteous Evans, Robert St. John, Eugene Stewart-Huidobro, William Sutton.

Boundless Transformations: The Book as Art

 

Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO

September 4 - October 28, 2009

 

Opening Reception: September 4, 5:30-8:00pm

 

An invitational exhibition of book art organized by guest curator, Alicia McKim.

 

Exhibiting Artists: Judy Anderson, Jill Berry, Sarah Bryant, Macy Chadwick, Sas Colby, Nancy Culmone, Johanna Drucker, Dan Essig, Deborah Horner, Ann Kalmbach, Tana Kellner, Susan King, Kumi Korf, Karen Kunc, Nancy Leavitt, Mary Ellen Long, Paul Mauer, Bonnie O'Connell, Lisa Olson, George Peters, Susan Porteous, John Risseeuw, Miriam Schaer, Julia Seko, Susan Share, Pamela Spitzmueller, Bonnie Stahlecker, Barb Tetenbaum, Elsi Vassdal Ellis, Laura Wait, Kazuko Watanabe, Gail Watson, Marshall Weber.

A Motley Effort

 

3557 Wazee Street, Denver, CO

October 2, 2009

 

Reception: Friday, October 2, 7pm

 

"Nothing, it would seem, could possibly give toa motley of effort the right to lay claim to whatone might mean by the category of sculpture. Unless, that is, the category can be made to become almost infinitely malleable." [Rosalind Krauss]

 

Embracing the tenuous nature of the object in contemporary art, artists today reject traditionmodes of production and delineations of media, instead making work that engages everyday materials and found objects, articulated strateof lo-fi assemblage and accumulation, and multi-sensory contextual installations. A Motley Effort is the first in a series of a quasi-biennial, one-night only, juried exhibitions at Metro State to be held inraw, non-traditional spaces featuring all things 3D or installational.

2009 LEAP Finalists

 

Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

September 2 - October 2, 2009

 

Closing reception: October 2

 

Work from the 22 finalists for the inaugural LEAP Award and a body of work by the winner.

 

The LEAP (Lyndon Emerging Artist Program) Award, offered by the Society for Contemorary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA, was established in the fall of 2007 in honor of SCC Director of Exhibitions Kate Lyndon's 20 years of service and is designed to recognize emerging talent in the contemporary craft field.

Metropolitan Biennial: Metropolitan State College of Denver Faculty Exhibition

 

Emmanuel Gallery, Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO

September 10 - 24, 2009

 

Opening Reception: September 10, 4-7pm

 

Emmanuel Gallery’s first exhibition of the Fall 2009 season, Metropolitan Biennial: Metropolitan State College of Denver Faculty Exhibition, celebrates the dynamic talents at MSCD.

 

Emmanuel Gallery showcases the professors of each of the three school’s art departments on Auraria Campus with an exhibition schedule that rotates each semester. These exhibitions prove vital to the education and sharing process of the community on campus as well as the local art scene. Many of the artists in this exhibition are represented professionally by galleries in and around Denver as well as sharing their expertise with the young artists they teach.

Collective Nouns: MSCD Art Faculty Biennial

 

Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO

March 19 - April 23, 2009

 

Meet-the-Artists Reception: March 19, Members: 6-7pm, Public: 7-9pm

 

Lecture Series: April 7, 8, and 9, 12–4pm

 

Reception and Lecture Series are free and open to the public.

 

The energy of Metro State’s art department continues to grow as many of its members play a vital role in Denver’s art community. Their influence on the future of the art community holds strong as each new class emerges under their guidance.

 

Representing the state’s largest art department, the MSCD art faculty is made up of a diverse group of regional artists, working in an eclectic range of media. This exhibition features an ensemble of recent works from the faculty; artists from each area of the art department will be represented. Most works in the exhibition will be for sale.

 

Participating artists are: Lisa Abendroth, Peter Regenold Bergman, Ken Bisio, Tonia Bonnell, Mark Brasuell, Malinda Bray, E.C. Cunningham, Rachael Delaney, Rebecca Dolan, Christine Dupont-Patz, Brian Evans, Bonnie M. Ferrill Roman, Cinthea Fiss, Jan Fordyce, Carlos Fresquez, Jennifer Garner, Barbara Hale, Anne Hallam, Veronica Herrera, Matt Jenkins, Anna Kaye, Gigi Lambert, Sandy Lane, Merlin Madrid, Michael Arnold Mages, Jackie Manning, Dawn McFadden, Casey McGuire, Amy Metier, Susanne Mitchell, Kelly Monico, Berit A. Naseth, Ken Peterson, Martha Pinkard-Williams, Susan Porteous, Morgan Price, Kathleen Royster Lamb, Julia Rymer Brucker, Natascha Seideneck, Scott Surine, Christofer Taylor, J.T. Urband, Edie Winograde, Yuko Yagisawa

Bookends

 

Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA

January 22 - February 22, 2009

 

Artists' Reception: February 12, 6-8pm, Gallery Talk: 7pm

Hours: Daily 10am-6pm, Thurdays till 9pm

 

BookEnds, an exhibition that focuses on the book as art was open to all artists nationally and internationally. The exhibition was split between two venues, Torpedo Factory Art Center's Target Gallery and Pyramid Atlantic: A Center for Print, Paper and Book Arts. The juror for this exhibition, Helen Frederick, Founder and former director of Pyramid Atlantic, chose 56 pieces that were on display at both galleries. The work encompasses traditional forms of art books and more contemporary and sculptural versions.

Book as Sculpture

 

Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA

January 12 - February 9, 2009

 

Opening: January 12, 6-8pm, Artist Talk: 6:15pm

Closing Reception: February 9, 6-8pm, Artist Talk: 6:15pm

Hours: Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm, Sunday 2pm-5pm

 

An exhibition of sculptural book curated by Jean Clad.

 

Artists include: Carol Barton, Carol Chase Bjerke, Terry Braunstein, Rachelle W Chuang, Linda Ekstrom, Sam Erenberg, Paul Johnson, Susan Porteous, Sue Ann Robinson, Miriam Schaer, Genie Shenk, Todd Smith, Laura Stickney and Vilma Mendillo, Beth Thielen

A Book for a Lifetime

 

The Artspace, Nicosia, Cyprus

November 22 - December 13, 2008

 

Opening: November 22, 7:30pm

 

Talk and Presentation of artistsbook project by Haris Pellapaisiotis at the Moufflon bookshop, Nicosia November 25, 7:30pm.

Videopresentation of all artistsbooks and discussion on the artistsbookproduction in Cyprus and a talk/discussion on “Image and Text” artistsbooks in the context of literature by Horst Weierstall at the Goethe-centre, Nicosia November 28, 7:30pm.

 

A one of a kind and altered book project organised by The Artspace and Moufflon Bookshop and Publications in collaboration with the Goethe Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus. Curated by Horst Weierstall.

Artists Books Exhibition

 

OWL & LION Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

June 19 - July 9, 2008

 

An open exhibition - meaning without a theme. The criteria is simple, the idea is to present to the commercial public, a showcase of what artists books are and who makes them, also how to buy and collect them. We are looking for one off bespoke pieces of work, however, we shall accept some editions work.

Beyond Reading: Books as Art

 

Suffolk Musuem, Suffolk, Virginia

April 25 - June 6, 2008

 

Opening: Saturday April 26

Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm

Books to be Looked at and/or Objects to be Read

 

Max L. Gatov Gallery, California State University, Long Beach

May 4 - 8, 2008

 

Opening: May 4, 5-7pm

Hours: Mon-Thurs 12-5pm, Wed 12-7pm

 

Books to be Looked at and/or Objects to be Read, an MFA thesis exhibition, includes sculptural, traditional hand bound, and digital offset books that investigate issues of form, content, word, and image.

 

The sculptural works use found books as their content, cut up and rebound into new forms using manipulated versions of traditional bindings. These become sensual objects no longer meant to be read from cover to cover but seen as an immediate and cohesive whole. The hand bound books are often language based with found text that is fragmented and rearranged. By shifting the placement and ordering of the words a rhythm is generated that draws you through the book, creating poetry out of the otherwise mundane. The digital offset books play on the history of book art referencing work by artists such as Ed Ruscha and Dieter Roth.

 

This exhibition challenges the notion that books are to be read and objects are to be looked at. These books are more than just containers for information as their essential physical qualities take on ever more prevalence and meaning. In the end, the books are objects and the objects are books.