6 Decades
Books and Boo-Hooray Gallery present:
ARTISTS' BOOK NOT ARTISTS' BOOK
"Artists'
book" is a troublesome term. There seems to be no
single well-understood or generally-accepted working definition. Say
"artists' book" in general conversation and you'll likely get a blank
look, if not outright confusion; even with a specialized audience of
bibliophiles, or art world cognoscenti, it may be necessary to clarify exactly what
you mean...
Artists'
Book Not Artists' Book is an exhibition co-curated by Johan
Kugelberg and Jeremy Sanders. In it are about one hundred books and of course
all of them either are, or are not, artists’
books, but whether it is even possible to say which ones fall into which
category is a matter that's not entirely clear. And in any case, it's likely no
two viewers would draw exactly the same conclusions.
Artists'
Book Not Artists' Book includes
work by Chris Burden, Ira Cohen, Richard Meltzer, John Baldessari, Seth Price,
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Richard Hell, Tina Lhotsky, Sue Williams, Tom Sachs,
Richard Prince, William Gibson, David Wojnarowicz, Dara Birnbaum, Jim Shaw, Ed
Ruscha, Sean Landers, and many others (not to mention, Various, Anonymous, and
Unknown).
Please join
us for the opening reception January 18th from 6-9 pm. Thereafter the
exhibition will be open seven days a week, 12-6pm, from January
19 to February 12. We are located at 265 Canal Street (between
Broadway and Lafayette) on the 6th floor.
