I am honored and delighted to be represented by this distinguished venue, with three of my works in this exhibition.
Gerald Peters Projects, is pleased to present Speaking to the Imagination: The Contemporary Artist’s Book, opening on Friday, June 21st, from 5-7 p.m.
The exhibition features handmade artist’s books and works on paper from local, national and international artists and writers of note. Each work on display reflects a compelling artistic vision combining words and art, as well as a distinctive take on book artistry as well.
Across the exhibition, traditional ideas, and uses of the “book” and its alternatives are challenged and expressed in revealing new forms, from loose sheets that fit in their own boxes to reconfigured works that exaggerate an accordion-like presence. One or two of the works are reassuring in their grand scale, while others are incisively petite and condensed.
The commonality between the works is their lack of similarity, except for the love of words and art they express and the ingenious methods by which the artist’s vision is released into the world. As Anne Evenhaugen of the Smithsonian Libraries has written, “What truly makes an artist’s book is the artist’s intent, and artists have used the book as inspiration in a myriad of ways and techniques, from traditional to the experimental—artists used the book format to create narratives to deal with difficult or emotional issues, and some used it as a cheap, portable way to make the artwork available to a broader public than the gallery and museum world allowed.”
The exhibition will feature work by writers and artists: Jim Dine, Dale Harris, Helen Hiebert, Carol Mothner, Miriam and Isabel Sagan, Kent Rush, Leon Loughridge, Margy O’Brien, Cynthia West, Vicki Bolen, Richard Wolfson, Kate Breakey, James McElhinney, and Susan Linnell.
For more information, contact John Macker, 505.954.5700, or
bo*******@gp*******.com
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My contribution to the exhibit:
PDF:
O.T.W. On the Water: The Schuylkill River. Hidden River Suite, Volume One. Seven signed, dated and numbered archival pigment prints, with title-page colophon and descriptive chapbook, loose-bound in a handmade debossed fine cloth-covered solander box. Limited edition of 50. Published October 2018 by Needlewatcher Editions, New York. Graphic design by Fox Turnbull & Co. Newton, Mass. Produced by Brilliant Graphics, Exton PA, New York, New York and Shenzhen China.
Hudson Highlands: North River Suite Volume One. Seven signed, dated and numbered archival pigment prints, with title-page colophon and descriptive chapbook, loose-bound in a handmade debossed fine cloth-covered solander box. Limited edition of 50. Published November 2017 by Needlewatcher Editions, New York. Graphic design by Fox Turnbull & Co. Newton, Mass. Produced by Brilliant Graphics, Exton PA, New York, New York and Shenzhen China.
Hudson Highlands: North River Suite Volume One. Seven signed, dated and numbered archival pigment prints, with title-page colophon and descriptive chapbook, loose-bound in a handmade debossed fine cloth-covered solander box. Limited edition of 50. Published November 2017 by Needlewatcher Editions, New York. Graphic design by Fox Turnbull & Co. Newton, Mass. Produced by Brilliant Graphics, Exton PA, New York, New York and Shenzhen China.
Hudson Highlands: North River Suite Volume One. Seven signed, dated and numbered archival pigment prints, with title-page colophon and descriptive chapbook, loose-bound in a handmade debossed fine cloth-covered solander box. Limited edition of 50. Published November 2017 by Needlewatcher Editions, New York. Graphic design by Fox Turnbull & Co. Newton, Mass. Produced by Brilliant Graphics, Exton PA, New York, New York and Shenzhen China.
Kilauea Kulaniapia. Watercolor sketchbook housed in a fine handmade octavo-sized Solander-box by Wyvern Bindery, London. The book contains journal paintings and netries from a 2015 trip to Hilo and the big island of Hawai’i, including a night at the summit of Kilauea during a period of volcanic activity. 28 page-spreads.
To access a downloadable PDF of a PowerPoint of its contents, please click on the link below
For more information, contact John Macker, 505.954.5700, or
bo*******@gp*******.com
.