On The Same Page - Loose Leaves and Bound Books
Featuring Artists: Louisa Boyd, Victoria Browne, Tracey Bush, Nicola Dale, Monica Fierro, Yvette Hawkins. Brenda Hoffman, Naomi Howarth, Katherine Jones, Jeremy May, Stef Mitchell, Anne Rook, Erin K Schmidt, Patricia Swannell, Chisato Tamabayashi, Linda Toigo and Thurle Wright.
In a time when words and images seem to evaporate into the ether, this show brings together works of words on different styles of leaves. Some loose, some bound - from letters, maps, novels, packaging or specially printed - each work renders a tactile reality. Some small, like gems; some exploding beyond the pages, each work inspires a journey through the imagination.
Artists books are a curious device. On the outside, just like many other books, but once opened seeming to reveal more of the artist and creating a more intimate relationship between artist and viewer.
Literal interpretations of the environment, representations of mapping as well as more abstract concepts about our individual finite existence and our relationship with home find their way into Louisa Boyd鈥檚 pieces. Tradition, both familial and cultural, lies at the heart of her practice, which considers memory and knowledge and how this is transferred across generations. 鈥淪tardust鈥� contemplates the place of the human within the physical world. The figure is positioned at the edge of the concertina book and looks out towards a vast landscape that itself is dwarfed by an even more vast depiction of the sky. The night sky extends onto the end papers of the book, with holes punched from the paper to allow the extension of the piece beyond its physical confines.
Victoria Browne鈥檚 practice draws on public special collections to appropriate material research, applying traditional and innovative print techniques in the development of site responsive artworks. She is the founder of KALEID editions, an artist-led platform representing the best of European-based artists who do books, acquired by leading institutions worldwide for academic research and future public access. As the recipient of two Birgit Ski枚ld Memorial Trust Awards for excellence in her artists鈥� books, Browne鈥檚 bookworks have been acquired internationally and she regularly delivers participatory projects, lectures, and presentations. In 2013 she was nominated by Gill Saunders, Senior Curator of Prints at the V&A Museum and shortlisted for The British Arts Foundation Printmaking Fellowship Award.
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Featuring Artists: Louisa Boyd, Victoria Browne, Tracey Bush, Nicola Dale, Monica Fierro, Yvette Hawkins. Brenda Hoffman, Naomi Howarth, Katherine Jones, Jeremy May, Stef Mitchell, Anne Rook, Erin K Schmidt, Patricia Swannell, Chisato Tamabayashi, Linda Toigo and Thurle Wright.
In a time when words and images seem to evaporate into the ether, this show brings together works of words on different styles of leaves. Some loose, some bound - from letters, maps, novels, packaging or specially printed - each work renders a tactile reality. Some small, like gems; some exploding beyond the pages, each work inspires a journey through the imagination.
Artists books are a curious device. On the outside, just like many other books, but once opened seeming to reveal more of the artist and creating a more intimate relationship between artist and viewer.
Literal interpretations of the environment, representations of mapping as well as more abstract concepts about our individual finite existence and our relationship with home find their way into Louisa Boyd鈥檚 pieces. Tradition, both familial and cultural, lies at the heart of her practice, which considers memory and knowledge and how this is transferred across generations. 鈥淪tardust鈥� contemplates the place of the human within the physical world. The figure is positioned at the edge of the concertina book and looks out towards a vast landscape that itself is dwarfed by an even more vast depiction of the sky. The night sky extends onto the end papers of the book, with holes punched from the paper to allow the extension of the piece beyond its physical confines.
Victoria Browne鈥檚 practice draws on public special collections to appropriate material research, applying traditional and innovative print techniques in the development of site responsive artworks. She is the founder of KALEID editions, an artist-led platform representing the best of European-based artists who do books, acquired by leading institutions worldwide for academic research and future public access. As the recipient of two Birgit Ski枚ld Memorial Trust Awards for excellence in her artists鈥� books, Browne鈥檚 bookworks have been acquired internationally and she regularly delivers participatory projects, lectures, and presentations. In 2013 she was nominated by Gill Saunders, Senior Curator of Prints at the V&A Museum and shortlisted for The British Arts Foundation Printmaking Fellowship Award.
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