Off the s{h}elf: the self and subjectivity in the artist’s book
7 -9 December 2012
Stockwell Studios
McCall Close, Jeffreys Road London SW46QU
Northern and Victoria lines
Opening night Friday 7 December from 18:00 – 21:00
Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 December 12:00 -18;00, Admission Free
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event page https://www.facebook.com/events/141693279311163/
Artists represented in the exhibition
Abigail Thomas
Alice Geirinhas
Alice O’hanlon
Amy Owen
Angela Dimitrakaki, Pam Skelton, and Mare Tralla
Anne Marte Overaa
Anne Nyyssonen
Catarina De Oliveira
Cristina Almeida
Cristina Gozzini
Ditte Ejlerskov
E.J.Major
Elizabeth Shores
Ella De Burca
Emilie Bell
Felicity Allen
Fritz Stolberg
Geoff Routh
Georgina Sleap
Halo Halo
Heather Matthew
Isabel Baraona
Ivo Dias De Sousa
J Brixey Williams, C Brueton, S Kennedy, T U. Schmidt, R Shah, C Younger
J.Rosa G.
Jamie Bradbury
Jihee Kim
Joseph Ridgeon
Julie Cook
Katherine Mitchell
Lara Gonzalez
Fugitive Images
Lauren Winsor
Lina Avramidou
Linda S Williams
Lucy Baxandall
Manuela São Simão
Margaret Cooter
Maria Lusitano
Marie Ange Bordas
Marion Denis
May Magee
Michelle Avison
Mireille Ribière
Nicole Mollett
Pam Skelton
paula roush
Pedro Andrade
Penny Stanford
Randy Klein
Rebecca Chamlee
Sally Waterman
Sara Nunes Fernandes & and Lúcia Prancha
Sarah Gillett
Sarah Mccoy
Sílvia Prudêncio
Synodinou Marilena
Teresa Paiva
Trish Scott
Veronica Rowlands
Victor Mota
Welmoet Wartena
An exhibition dedicated to various expressions of subjectivity in artists’ publications. It brings together contributions from a variety of formats and editions that consider the self in the artist’s book. The exhibition focus on contemporary publications and includes a wide range of genres, including handmade books, object-books, sculptural books, altered books, installation books, photobooks, photozines, print-on-demand books, zines, serial editions (artists’ magazines) and ebooks. Emerging topics include:
- Self-portraits as self-analysis
- Archival practices of the self
- Family albums and personal narratives
- Gender and feminist narratives
- Auto-biography and fictional biographies
- Sexualities and space
- Performance of the self
- Travel book and diasporic strategies
Curated by paula roush, teresa paiva & maria lusitano
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