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Printed Matter is pleased to announce a call for submissions for a new Emerging Artists Publication Series. Five selected artists will work with the support of Printed Matter and a dedicated designer to realize individual projects. Books will be published in a loose serialized format and share a common dimension, spine and colophon, but the content will otherwise be left to the artist. This Emerging Artists Publication Series is made possible by the support of the Jerome Foundation, and is open to individuals with a legal address in the five boroughs of New York City.
Submissions are open to emerging artists whose practice has demonstrated a commitment to experimentation within the artists' book medium in unusual and exciting ways.
We would like to see proposals that give attention to the detailing of a strong concept, show an interest in process and technique, or that touch on the social, political, democratizing possibilities of the book as a form. We are interested in receiving projects we haven't previously seen and that feel innovative to the artists' book field.
Broadly speaking, Printed Matter is interested in publications that have been conceived as artworks in their own right, rather than books that document work created in another medium. Proposals should not be a conventional catalog of artworks, traditional artists' monograph, chapbook, or other straightforward works of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, as these fall outside our scope.
Submitted proposals will be reviewed by a committee made up of Tauba Auerbach (Artist), David Senior (Bibliographer, MoMA Library), Garrick Gott (Consulting Design Director, Printed Matter) and James Jenkin (Executive Director, Printed Matter).
Selected artists will have the option of working with designer Garrick Gott, who is available to help ready artworks and files for print. He will also assist with logistical considerations for production, including questions around paper stock, printing process and binding, and ensure the completion of the project within budget.
In addition to aiding the production of the book, Printed Matter is committed to offering full organizational support for the project beyond the publication date. This will include a press announcement, a launch event, the opportunity for an in-store and window exhibition at Printed Matter, and wholesale/institutional offerings to bookstores and libraries, as well as other support (see below).
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At the Same Time is a self-published photography book by six artists: Steven Beckly, Dylan MacNeil, Ted Kerr, Zachary Ayotte, Colin Quinn and Oisín Share. Drawing and expanding on a variety of photographic traditions, the collaboration explores the nature and development of their romantic relationships from three different parts of the world over the past three years. Features essays by AA Bronson, Paul Mgapi Sepuya, and Sholem Krishtalka. Some of the artists will be present to sign copies.
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In creating the series of images that would become SPRING/SUMMER 2012, Limit selected objects from dollar and hardware stores, buying items that didn't have a clear purpose but that appealed for their formal qualities. The artists' book features a series of sculptural arrangements parodying the plain-stated, non-aesthetic of a commercial Uline catalog, but composed in absurd ways that pays deep attention to color and form.
Limit's stock-photo aesthetic brings commercial photography into the realm of fine-art considerations, presenting a complex sense of what we can call truthful reproduction in these contrived, post-processed still-lifes.
The new edition features a new cover and is offset printed in an edition of 50.
Jimmy Limit is represented by Clint Roenisch Gallery in Toronto.
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Paul McMahon will be signing copies of PROJECT INC. REVISITED, published by Churner and Churner. Forty years after it began a three year run in Cambridge Massachusetts, this publication tells the story of a hitherto unknown exhibition venue. Between 1972-1975, Project Inc., a neighborhood art center better known for its after-school fingerpainting classes, staged a series of over 30 one-night art shows and emerged as a prescient record of a time. Heavyweight conceptualists like Sol Lewitt, Lawrence Weiner and Dan Graham, then unknown in Boston, shared the roster with 'Pictures Generation' artists like Jack Goldstein, Matt Mullican, David Salle, as well as other notables like Laurie Anderson, Martha Wilson and David Askevold.
Pictured is Paul McMahon (in potato suit) with Louise Lawler and baby Felix Buchloh at his last signing at Printed Matter in 1985. Courtesy of Paul MacMahon.
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Printed Matter is pleased to present an exhibition of works by artists Eve Fowler and Sam Gordon. The show will focus on the artists' books, posters, video works and original artworks that the artists have created independently and as part of their ongoing collaborative practice. An earlier version of the exhibition was previously mounted at USC Roski School of Fine Arts. On view at Printed Matter from May 4 – May 25, a concurrent presentation will be shown at Feature Inc. on the Lower East Side. Join us for an opening reception with the artists, Saturday, May 4, 5-7 PM, featuring a reading organized by Katerina Llanes with poets and writers Jess Arndt, Corrine Fitzpatrick, Paul Legault and Litia Perta.
The exhibition will gather the complete inventory of Fowler's newsprint zines alongside Gordon's collection of photo books and artists publications. Works from Fowler include a series of untitled photocopied books showing a collection of portraits investigating gender, identity and lesbian subculture. Gordon includes his oversized Warhol scrapbook, Artist in Residence: Giverny / Tennessee, and a B&W publication compiling 100 portraits of Walt Whitman. Fowler and Gordon have also created THE FOWLER / GORDON READER, a small print publication and PDF gathering various texts and images derived from their previous projects including reprints of their respective interviews in North Drive Press.
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We're really pleased to announce an unprecedented collaboration with the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. This weekend Over-Booked launches the inaugural presentation of a long-term partnership between the two institutions, showcasing a rotating selection of some of our favorite publications by individual artists, collectives, and independent presses from around the world. As part of the project, Minnesota artists will be featured in the Printed Matter storefront, building an ongoing exchange of books and discourse around the medium of artists’ books.
A Thursday-night reception kicks off the three-day fair. Highlights of the weekend include Printed Matter executive director James Jenkin’s talk about tips and trends in artists’ book publishing on Saturday, and an open house at the Walker’s library showcasing the lauded Rosemary Furtak Collection. Copresented by the Walker Art Center and Printed Matter, Inc.
Over-Booked Opening Reception
Thursday, September 13, 5–9 pm
Walker Shop/Hennepin Lounge
Browse, buy, and mingle with with James Jenkin and Shannon Michael Cain from Printed Matter and other like-minded types from across the bookish-to-artsy spectrum. Cash bar.
Printed Matter Pop-Up Shop
September 13–15: Thursday, 5–9 pm, Friday and Saturday, 11 am–6 pm
Walker Shop
Join special guests from Printed Matter, who host a pop-up shop preview of the NY Art Book Fair. All selections are available for browsing and purchase.
Local Fair
Saturday, September 15, 11 am–5 pm
Hennepin Lounge
Scheduled events include a mini-fair featuring Little Brown Mushroom, Location Books, and other local artists, collectives, and independent publishers; an open studio with demonstrations of book arts techniques; hands-on activities, and more.
Walker Library Open House
Saturday, September 15, 12 noon–3 pm
A rare opportunity for visitors to see the Walker’s library without an appointment, the open house features highlights from the Rosemary Furtak Collection of artists’ books.
Open Studio with Duncan Hamilton
Saturday, September 15, 12 noon–3 pm
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab
Join Duncan Hamilton of the Pratt Institute in New York as he showcases his work and guides visitors in their own booklet-making process.
Hamilton has organized a wide range of art, film, and publishing projects and has worked as a curator for such organizations as the Arts Council of England, Frieze Art Fair, and the British Council. His publications include Black Diamond Magazine and Trinity Journal and he currently publishes Decathlon Books with Peter Sutherland. He has worked with Thumb Projects, David Reinfurt, Dexter Sinister, and Another Pamphlet, overseeing the production of mimeographed books. A former creative director at Urban Outfitters, he currently combines freelance book design with teaching.
Panel Discussion: 21st-Century Publishing
Saturday, September 15, 3 pm
Lecture Room
A panel conversation about navigating the unpredictable waters of the 21st-century publishing, copresented by mnartists.org and Micawber’s Books, is moderated by Micawber’s proprietor Hans Weyandt and mnartists.org editor Susannah Schouweiler. The panelists for this informal Q&A conversation include: Kate Dublinski, Graywolf Press; Chris Fishbach, Coffee House Press; Steve Horowitz, publisher’s sale representative with Abraham Associates; Scott Nedrelow, Location Books and the print-on-demand Sandwich Bar Press; and Brad Zellar, an author most recently published by Little Brown Mushroom.
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Printed Matter has worked with the estate of David Wojnarowicz and
PPOW to produce a new letterpress edition of Wojnarowicz’s iconic work,
Untitled (One day this kid . . .). The work features an image of Wojnarowicz
as an innocent child encompassed by angry bold text describing
the abuse that he will inevitably endure in his life because he is gay.
The words provide a very powerful and moving autobiographical story
of Wojnarowicz's life, giving readers a small insight into the life of this
enigmatic East Village artist.
Originally published in 1990 as a Photostat, 30 × 40 1/8 in. Edition of 10.
This new edition is produced as a letterpress print, in an edition of 100
with 10 Ap's printed by Coeur Noir studio in Williamsburg. Each print has
an authentication stamp from the Estate of Wojnarowicz on the back.
Printed on a thick 8.5 x 11 inch card the piece feels like a tablet, combined
with the embossed texture of the image and text gives this edition a three
dimensional quality.
The edition will be launched on Wednesday 28th November from 5pm - 7pm
with a small reception at our Chelsea store front. In conjunction with this edition
release we have curated a selection of editions, publications and ephemera by
and about David Wojnarowicz.
The edition can be purchased here.
Please note this fundraising edition is limited to two per customer.
We would like to thank the estate of David Wojnarowicz and PPOW for
their generous support in helping produce this fundraising edition
with us.
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**We're open for extended holiday hours over the last three Sundays in December, including Dec 9th, Dec 16th & Dec 23rd, 12-6 PM!!**
Printed Matter is pleased to debut a new fundraising edition with artist Charlotte Dumas. The set of images are taken from her book Companion which collects 70 Polaroids made between 2002 and 2012, newly released by Editions Filigranes. The first image, showing a racehorse from Hipodromo La Favorita in Palermo, originally appeared in her series Palermo 7. The second image, from her Reverie series, shows a wolf in Lake George, CO. Reproduced from original polaroids, the c-prints are done in a signed and numbered edition of 50 each, measure 6 ½ x 5”, and are priced at $100 a piece.
A NY launch at Printed Matter will take place Wednesday, Dec 12th, 6-8 PM, where Dumas will present original polaroids and several out of print publications. She will be signing Companion, and her latest book Anima, which features the series on the burial horses of Arlington cemetery in VA.
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Printed Matter’s LA ART BOOK FAIR 2013
Printed Matter’s first annual LA Art Book Fair was a massive success, filling the 40,000 square foot Geffen Contemporary at MOCA with 220 exhibitors from 21 countries, as well as a number of exhibitions, two theaters, and non-stop programming from the opening on Thursday, January 31, to the final reluctant moments of closing on the evening of Sunday, February 3.
The opening set the pace, with more than 2600 people showing up for the preview, breaking all records of its sister-fair, Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair, which completed its seventh successful showing last September. On Saturday, almost 6,000 people poured through the Geffen in a torrent of enthusiasm. By the end of the Fair, the event, which many predicted would see very small crowds indeed, had attracted more than 15,000 Angelinos.
Of the exhibitors, many were loyal exhibitors from the NY Art Book Fair, coming from as far away as Berlin, London, Milan, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, and Zurich, as well as New York itself. But about 30% of the Fair consisted of new faces, mostly from the west coast, and many exhibitors and fair goers commented on the “mellow vibe” of the LA Art Book Fair.
There's been plenty of art world cynicism [in Los Angeles], but there was nothing cynical about the LA Art Book Fair. It was a joyful celebration that drew a wonderful mix of academics, punks, artists, radicals, Westside moms, collectors, and bibliophiles. After a very well attended Thursday night opening, the fair went viral. People came back in huge numbers! Congratulations Printed Matter!
-- an exhibitor
AA Bronson, the Founding Director of the LA Art Book Fair, said: “Los Angeles is a hotbed of alternative publishing, even though many people in the art world might not think of L.A. as a serious place for publishing. In the process of assembling the fair, the history of the zine and of skateboarding culture rapidly came to the fore, and that is reflected in ZINE WORLD, the massive assembling of exhibitions, programming and exhibitors that dominated one side of the Fair. Some people don’t like to think of zines and zinesters as serious publishing, but the cultural importance of zines was amply demonstrated by exhibitions like Phil Aarons’ ZINE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE or Darin Klein’s GSD: Skate Fate Till Today. The other aspect of publishing here is the very experiential emphasis on publishing: books are seen as part of a larger fabric and a way of being in the world: Fritz Haeg’s Sundown Schoolhouse comes to mind, a total hit during the fair, but also others like IKO IKO, Ooga Booga, Paper Chase, SPA, Jimmy the Zine, or the zines and posters of Eve Fowler.”
The LA Art Book Fair was dominated by histories of Los Angeles, not only the fair’s own exhibitions, but also Boo-Hooray’s massive LARRY CLARK STUFF, and Alden Projects' exhibition L.A. Air: Still Breathing, featuring works from the “golden age of smog.”
The many antiquarians present at the Fair participated in that historical revelation: Laurence McGilvery (Santa Barbara) was the senior statesman of the antiquarians, bringing a long history of dedication to California culture with him. Monograph Bookwerks (Portland, OR) showed ephemera and posters from California’s rich history. And 6 Decades (New York) featured a rare copy of Bruce Nauman’s LA Air, which seemed to be the touchstone, or at least the theme song, of the LA Art Book Fair.
A tribute to Los Angeles artist Mike Kelley, presented by Gagosian, and a tribute to the San Francisco rare book dealer, gentleman, and scholar Steven Leiber, completed that history. The first anniversary of both of their deaths fell close to the dates of the Fair.
AA Bronson also announced his resignation from Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fairs to undertake a one-year residency in Berlin at the invitation of the prestigious DAAD. “After eight fairs,” he said, “I am eager to immerse myself in my own work, especially my exhibition The Temptation of AA Bronson, which opens in Rotterdam at Witte de With in September.”
Printed Matter's Executive Director, James Jenkin announced today the appointment of Shannon Michael Cane as the Curator of Printed Matter's NY and LA Art Book Fairs. Shannon joined Printed Matter in 2008 and has held various roles with the organization. James Jenkin says, "We are indebted to the great work AA Bronson has done directing our NY Art Book Fair and for bringing our inaugural LA Art Book Fair to life. The incredible response to both Fairs shows that the renaissance in artist book publishing continues unabated. I'm pleased that through our Fairs Printed Matter can play a part in showcasing the amazing things that are going on in what is an incredibly dynamic field right now. I'm confident that with his extensive first hand and grass roots knowledge of artist book publishing Shannon will bring an incredibly interesting curatorial vision to the Fairs, and that they will continue to grow from strength to strength. We're hoping to announce the next dates for both NY and LA very soon."
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Printed Matter is pleased to present an exhibition of artists’ books from NFS Press, San Francisco, and Tanam Press, New York. The show is co-organized with artist Peter d'Agostino, who worked closely with both presses in the 1970s and 1980s. Publications will be on be on view May 17 - June 29, with select titles available for purchase. Join us for a reception Thursday, May 16, 6-8 PM
The material represents an important output from two like-minded publishers that aimed to provide writers and artists with a space for non-conventional projects, critical essays and experimental writing. The exhibition includes a selection of books from the two presses, along with archival digital prints of restored and recreated posters, as well as related documents.
San Francisco based NFS Press, co-founded by Lew Thomas and Donna-Lee Philips, published and distributed landmark conceptual photography books through the 1970s and early 1980s. Through a range of critical approaches, the publications looked to understand the implications of the photographic image and how it is has come to shape our relationship with the world. The first book, Photography and Language (1976), was edited by Thomas and includes an essay of the same name by James Hugunin, with photographs by John Baldessari, John Gutmann, Lutz Bacher and Peter d'Agostino's ALPHA, a photo/text project based on Godard's film Alphaville. Subsequent publications include Eros and Photography, (co-edited by Philips and Thomas,1977), Gay Semiotics, (Hal Fischer,1977) as well as Photography: the problematic model, (co-edited by Thomas and d’Agostino,1982) featuring work by Barbara Kruger, Fred Lonidier and Cindy Sherman.
The influential Tanam Press was founded in 1980 by Reese Williams with the release of LP recordings featuring talks by Buckminster Fuller and Susan Sontag. Over the course of five years, Tanam published lively individual and collaborative projects from writers, visual and media artists that utilize the page in innovative ways. Playing across genre, the publications incorporate critical essays, poetry, experimental prose, photography, film, video and television. The books include: Hotel (edited by Reese Williams,1980), Of Walking in Ice (Werner Herzog, 1980), Apparatus (edited by Theresa Cha, 1980), Dictee (Cha, 1982), Eating Through Living (Jenny Holzer & Peter Nadin, 1981), The Un/Necessary Image (co-edited by d'Agostino and Muntadas,1982), Transmission (edited by d'Agostino, 1985), Wild History (edited by Richard Prince, 1985), and Fire Over Water (edited by Williams,1986).
The NFS and Tanam Press books, many of which have been available through Printed Matter over the years, include the following artists and authors: Kathy Acker, Dennis Adams, Laurie Anderson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Bertrand Augst, Lutz Bacher, John Baldessari, Judith Barry, Roland Barthes, Jean-Louis Baudry, Deirdre Boyle, John Brumfield, Victor Burgin, Theresa Cha, Robert Cumming, Peter d'Agostino, Constance deJong, Maya Deren, Susan Dowling, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hal Fischer, Martha Gever, Peter Gidal, Todd Gitlin, Philip Glass, Spalding Gray, John Gutmann, Hans Haacke, John Hanhardt, Robert Heinecken, Werner Herzog, Jenny Holzer, Douglas Huebler, Gary Indiana, Sonja Ivekovic, Douglas Kahn, Barbara Kruger, Thierry Kuntzel, Suzanne Lacy, Stephen Laub, Barbara London, Fred Lonidier, Chip Lord, Jim Melchert, Barbara Mensch, Christian Metz, Richard Misrach, Robert Morgan, Antoni Muntadas, Peter Nadin, Al Nodal, Richard Nonas, Nam June Paik, Catalina Parra, Donna - Lee Phillips, Richard Prince, Alain Robbe-Grillet, David Ross, Sam Samore, Allan Sekula, Cindy Sherman, Berta Sichel, Phil Steinmetz, May Stevens, Kristine Stiles, Marita Sturken, Larry Sultan, Lew Thomas, Mark Thompson, Dziga Vertov, Celia Vicuna, Reese Williams, Joel Peter Witkin, etc.
Peter d'Agostino’s pioneering photography, video and new media projects have been exhibited internationally for over four decades. His work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Kunsthaus, Zurich; Foundation La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain; Pacific Film Archive, University Art Museum, Berkeley, and is distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix. "State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970", an Independent Curator International (ICI) traveling exhibition, featuring d’Agostino’s initial Walk Series (1973-74) from his on-going World-Wide-Walks projects is on view at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, June 23 - September 8, 2013. .
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Exhibition
Learn to Read Art:
A Surviving History of Printed Matter, Inc.
At this year's Art Basel, Printed Matter will present Learn to Read Art: A Surviving History of Printed Matter, Inc., an exhibition engaging the documented history of the organization as it intersects with the broader field of contemporary artists' books. The show is curated by Max Schumann, Associate Director. Special thanks to Art Basel for the kind invitation to present this exhibition.
Learn to Read Art: A Surviving History of Printed Matter, Inc. assembles a visually dense vitrine- and wall-based presentation featuring a broad range of material produced by the organization since its founding in 1976. Borrowing its name from a text by Lawrence Weiner, 'Learn to Read Art' has been used variously by Printed Matter starting in the early 90's, including for past exhibitions curated by former Director AA Bronson. The exhibition puts on view material from the Printed Matter Archive that was damaged during basement flooding following Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
The presentation will be focused around a chronological wall installation of announcement cards, flyers, press releases, posters, and other ephemera documenting the organization’s programming history through artist installations, book launches, panels, performances, and other events. The show includes images of the long-running window installations organized by Lucy Lippard, featuring early-career exhibitions by Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger and Richard Prince, among many others.
In addition, correspondences between administrators and artists / publishers give a unique view into the early history of Printed Matter. In these papers the founding members are seen formulating the mission, founding strategy and practice of the organization in the context of the broadening appeal and impact of artists' publications as a medium. One text from Lippard, titled Artists' Books: An Easy Way Out, shows her edits on a manuscript that would appear in Art in America in 1977 under the header The Artist's Book goes Public.
Also included is a survey of artists’ publications, early book catalogs, and special editions published by Printed Matter through to the present. This is supplemented by an array of artists’ books, distributed through the years by the organization, that exemplify the richness and diversity of forms, strategies and processes encompassed by the field of artists' books.
Also at Art Basel
We'll also have our usual booth at Basel (Hall 2.1 Booth Q21), shared with Art Metropole (Toronto), featuring some of our favorite artists' books to recently come into the shop, as well as a selection of exciting out of print publications. A new fundraising edition from photographer Walter Pfeiffer is also available ( more info).
We're also honored that Art Basel has invited Associate Director Max Schumann to present The Possibilities of the Artists' Book, a lecture discussing the origins and development of the contemporary artists' book as an experimental media-art practice. The lecture will take place Thursday, June 13, 4-5 PM, as part of the Salon series.
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We're pleased to be launching a new edition from Zurich-based photographer Walter Pfeiffer, debuting on the occasion of Art Basel and available through the Printed Matter website.
The image from Pfeiffer, which shows a male figure holding a blank piece of paper over his naked body, is a color field study disguised as a figurative portrait, and visa versa. The negative space created by the reflective sheet offers up themes of eroticism and artifice as the subject censors both his own body and the photographic image itself, presenting (with the artist's characteristic wit) a kind of non-image in its place. The photograph appeared in Pfeiffer's book In Love with Beauty (Steidl, 2009).
Originally taken in 1976, the print is editioned here for the first time. Measuring 11.7 x 8.3 in., the work has been produced in a signed and numbered edition of 20, and retails for $900. Courtesy of Galerie Sultana, Paris. Special thanks to Walter Pfeiffer for his generous support on this edition.
For more information or to purchase the edition, available June 13, please see here.
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Printed Matter's
LA ART BOOK FAIR
February 1-3, 2013
Opening: Thursday, January 31, 6-9 pm
At The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Printed Matter presents the first annual LA Art Book Fair, February 1-3, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in downtown Los Angeles. The opening will be held on the evening of Thursday, January 31from 6 to 9 pm.
Free and open to the public, the LA Art Book Fair is a unique international event for artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals and zines presented by more than 220 international presses, booksellers, antiquarians, artists, and independent publishers from twenty countries.
New Editions by David Benjamin Sherry and Andrew Kuo support the LA ART BOOK FAIR and keep it free. For further edition information contact Shannon Michael Cane: shannon@printedmatter.org
Featured projects include an Homage to Mike Kelley presented by Gagosian, and a stunning new installation by John Armleder with Three Star Books.
Fulton Ryder will present publications by John Dogg and Howard Johnson, unique books and
Untitled Originals by Richard Prince, and naughty pulp paperbacks.
ZINE WORLD is a super-sized subsection of the LA ART BOOK FAIR, featuring more than 80 zinesters from home and abroad: Adam Villacin, ANAL, billy ocallaghan, Brown Griffin, Cinders, COMBO, Dale Wittig, Darin Klein & Friends, Deadbeat Club, Deth P. Sun, Drippy Bone Books, DUM DUM Zine, Encyclopedia Destructica, Evah Fan and Brendan Monroe, Fantasy Camp, Funchicken, Gary Kachadourian, Golden Spike Press, Gravity and Trajectory, Hamburger Eyes, IIIII Columns, Instigator, The Institute for Extraterrestrial Sexuality, j. morrison, JIMMY the zine, Justin Jorgensen / COP DAD Magazine, Kingsboro Press, Louis M. Schmidt, Miniature Garden, Needles & Pens, Never Press, Nhd, NOWORK, Oso Press, Pau Wau Publications, Pop-Hop Books & Print, Shawn Whisenant, Signify, Sanctify, Believe, Starrfucker Magazine, Sumi Ink Club, Swill Children, Working Class, The Worst Magazine Ever, The Wreckless Press, and many more.
ZINE WORLD features three exhibitions: GSD: Skate Fate till Today begins from Gary Scott Davis’s early, ground-breaking zine publishing of the ’80s. Zine Masters of the Universe features Mark Gonzales, Ari Marcopoulos, Raymond Pettibon, and Dash Snow. Bedwetter and Beyond is a survey of the artists’ books and zines of Los Angeles-based artist Christopher Russell.
ZINE WORLD POP-UP SHOP: Boo-Hooray presents a Larry Clark pop-up shop and an installation of t-shirts and skateboards from Larry Clark's extensive collection, including items used in his movies.
ZINE WORLD GETS POLITICAL: The political meets the personal in FRIENDLY FIRE. Exhibitors include; Antena, The Center for Urban Pedagogy, CrimethInc. Ex-workers' Collective, Edie Fake, Errant Bodies Press, Half Letter Press / Temporary Services, Insane Dialectical Posse, Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, Michalis Pichler, and The Public School
ZINE WORLD THEATER presents non-stop performance, film, sound, and words throughout the weekend. Events include the Awesome Vistas Live Music Showcase on opening night; zine collector Phillip Aarons in conversation with AA Bronson and Darin Klein; publisher Sarah Williams talks to Eve Fowler, Sumi Ink Club (Sarah Rara and Luke Fishbeck) and others about how books changed their lives; and a short film program by Mike Kuchar. The fair ends with Rosa Von Praunheim's Trans Music Spectacular, the rarely seen film City of Lost Souls.
An ongoing program of performance, video, lectures and workshops will keep the Fair spinning through the weekend. Visit www.laartbookfair.net
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair is the companion fair to the NY Art Book Fair, held every fall in New York. Over 20,000 artists, book buyers, collectors, dealers, curators, independent publishers, and other enthusiasts attended the NY Art Book Fair in 2012.
Hours and Location
The LA Art Book Fair is free and open to the public.
Preview: Thursday, January 31, 6–9 pm
Friday, February 1, 11-5 pm
Saturday, February 2, 11 am–6 pm
Sunday, February 3, 12 am–6 pm
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
moca.org
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Grant Breding, LACMA
Dagny Corcoran, Art Catalogs
Brian Kennon, 2nd Cannons Publications
Darin Klein, The Hammer Museum
Theresa Luisotti, RAM Publications U.S.A.
Wendy Yao, Ooga Booga
For exhibitor and media enquiries, email laartbookfair@printedmatter.org.
Donate towards Printed Matter's Sandy Recovery Effort
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Works on view and online bidding: March 1 - March 9
Live Benefit Auction Event: March 9, 6-8:30 pm
Robert Rauschenberg Project Space
455 West 19th St, New York
www.paddle8.com/auctions/printedmatter
Printed Matter, Inc, the New York-based non-profit organization committed to the dissemination and appreciation of publications made by artists, will host a Benefit Auction and Selling Exhibition at the Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space to help mitigate damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
As a result of the storm, Printed Matter experienced six feet of flooding to its basement storage and lost upwards of 9,000 books, hundreds of artworks and equipment. Printed Matter's Archive, which has been collected since the organization's founding in 1976 and serves as an important record of its history and the field of artists books as a whole, was also severely damaged. Moreover, the damage sustained by Sandy has made it clear that Printed Matter needs to undertake an urgent capacity-building effort to establish a durable foundation for its mission and services into the future.
This is the first fundraising initiative of this scale to be undertaken by the organization in many years, and will feature more than 120 works generously donated from artists and supporters of Printed Matter.
The Sandy Relief Benefit for Printed Matter will be held at the Rauschenberg Project Space in Chelsea and will run from February 28 through March 9th. The Benefit has two components: a selling exhibition of rare historical publications and other donated works and an Auction of donated artworks.
A special preview and reception will be held February 28th, 6-8 pm, to mark the unveiling of all 120 works and to thank the participating artists and donors. The opening will feature a solo performance by cellist Julia Kent (Antony and the Johnsons), followed by a shared DJ set from Lizzi Bougatsos (Gang Gang Dance) & Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio). The event is free and open to the public.
All works will then be available for viewing at the Rauschenberg Project Space March 1 – March 9, gallery hours.
All Selling Exhibition works may be purchased during this period and Auction works will be available for bidding online. Bids can be made at www.paddle8.com/auctions/printedmatter.
A live Benefit Auction Event will take place March 9, 6-8:30 pm with approximately 20 selected works to be auctioned in a live format. Bidding on these works will commence at 7pm sharp, while silent bids can be made on all other Auction works. Note, highest online bids will be transferred to the room. For absentee bidding of works, please contact Keith Gray (Printed Matter) at 212 925 0325 or keith@printedmatter.org. The evening will feature a performance by Alex Waterman on solo cello with electronics. Admission is $150 and tickets may be pre-purchased here. There will be only limited capacity.
Highlighted auction works include an oversize ektacolor photograph from Richard Prince, a woven canvas piece from Tauba Auerbach, an acrylic and newsprint work from Rirkrit Tiravanija, a large-scale Canopy painting from Fredrik Værslev, a rare dye transfer print from Zoe Leonard, a light box by Alfredo Jaar, a book painting by Paul Chan, a carbon on paper work from Frances Stark, a seven-panel plexi-work with spraypainted newsprint from Kerstin Brätsch, a C-print from Hans Haacke, a firefly drawing from Philippe Parreno, a mixed-media NASA wall-piece from Tom Sachs, a unique print from Rachel Harrison, a vintage xerox poem from Carl Andre, an encyclopedia set of hand-made books from Josh Smith, a photograph from Klara Liden, a table-top sculpture from Carol Bove, Ed Ruscha’s Rooftops Portfolio, as well as original works on canvas and linen by Cecily Brown, Cheyney Thompson, Dan Colen, Adam McEwen, RH Quaytman, and many others.
These Auction works can be previewed at: www.paddle8.com/auctions/printedmatter
In addition to auction works, a vitrine-based exhibition of rare books, artworks and ephemera are available for viewing and purchase. This material includes some truly remarkable items from the personal collection of Robert Rauschenberg, donated by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in memory of the late Printed Matter Board Member, bookseller and publisher, John McWhinnie. Among the works available are books and artworks from Marcel Duchamp, Willem de Kooning, Alfred Steiglitz, Joseph Beuys, Brigid Berlin (Polk), as well as a Claes Oldenburg sculpture, a rare William Burroughs manuscript, and the Anthology Film Archive Portfolio (1982). Additional artists’ books have been generously donated by the Sol LeWitt Estate. Works include pristine copies of Autobiography (1980), Four Basic Kinds of Straight Lines (1969), Incomplete Open Cubes (1974), and others. Three Star Books have kindly donated a deluxe set of their Maurizio Cattelan book edition. These works can be viewed and purchased at the space. For inquiries about available works please contact Printed Matter’s Associate Director Max Schumann at 212 925 0325 or mschumann@printedmatter.org.
Co-chairs Ethan Wagner & Thea Westreich Wagner and Phil Aarons & Shelley Fox Aarons have guided the event, and Thea Westreich Art Advisory Services has generously lent its expertise and assisted in the production of the auction.
In anticipation of the event Printed Matter Executive Director James Jenkin said:
“Not only are we hopeful that this event will help us to put Sandy firmly behind us, it is incredibly special for us. To have so many artists and friends associated with our organization over its 36 years come forward and support us in this effort has been truly humbling.“
Auction includes work by:
Michele Abeles, Ricci Albenda, Carl Andre, Cory Arcangel, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Tauba Auerbach, Trisha Baga, John Baldessari, Sebastian Black, Mark Borthwick, Carol Bove, Kerstin Brätsch, Sascha Braunig, Olaf Breuning, Cecily Brown, Sophie Calle, Robin Cameron, Sean Joseph Patrick Carney, Nathan Carter, Paul Chan, Dan Colen, David Kennedy Cutler, Liz Deschenes, Mark Dion, Shannon Ebner, Edie Fake, Matias Faldbakken, Dan Graham, Robert Greene, Hans Haacke, Marc Handelman, Rachel Harrison, Jesse Hlebo, Carsten Höller, David Horvitz, Marc Hundley, Alfredo Jaar, Chris Johanson, Terence Koh, Joseph Kosuth, Louise Lawler, Pierre Le Hors, Leigh Ledare, Zoe Leonard, Sam Lewitt, Klara Liden, Peter Liversidge, Charles Long, Mary Lum, Noah Lyon, McDermott & McGough, Adam McEwen, Ryan McNamara, Christian Marclay, Ari Marcopoulos, Gordon Matta-Clark, Wes Mills, Jonathan Monk, Rick Myers, Laurel Nakadate, Olaf Nicolai, Adam O'Reilly, Philippe Parreno, Jack Pierson, Richard Prince, RH Quaytman, Eileen Quinlan, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, David Sandlin, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Cindy Sherman, Josh Smith, Keith Smith, Buzz Spector, Frances Stark, Emily Sundblad, Andrew Sutherland, Peter Sutherland, Sarah Sze, Panayiotis Terzis, Cheyney Thompson, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nicola Tyson, Penelope Umbrico, Fredrik Værslev, Visitor, Danh Vo, Dan Walsh and Ofer Wolberger.
Benefit Committee:
Miguel Abreu, Cecilia Alemani, Fabiola Alondra, John Auerbach, Tauba Auerbach, Maria Beaulieu, Andrew Black, Tanya Bonakdar, Christophe Boutin, AA Bronson, Gavin Brown, Ashley Carr (Special Advisor), Mickey Cartin, Eleanor Cayre, Adam Cohen, Eileen Cohen, Michael Cohen, Paula Cooper, Igor DaCosta, Elizabeth Dee, Jeffrey Deitch, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Michele Oka Doner, Dana Farouki, Tim Fleming, Janine Foeller, Charlotte Ford, Larry Gagosian, Suzanne Geiss, Michael Gillespie, Casper Grathwohl, Carol Greene, Agnes Gund, Janice Guy, Jane Hait, Susan Harris, Jessica Hart, Jon Hendricks, Matthew Higgs (Special Advisor), Milan Hughston, Michael Jenkins, Miriam Katzeff, Sean Kelly, David Kiehl, Michele Gerber Klein, David Leiber, Paul Leong, Ken Maxwell, Robert McKenzie (Special Advisor), Gregory R. Miller, Suzanne Modica (Special Advisor), Paul Morris, Barbara Morse, Howard Morse, Stavros Niarchos, Carolina Nitsch, Sam Orlofsky, Anne Pasternak, Timothy Peterson, Friedrich Petzel, Bill Powers, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, Bobby Rainwater, Mélanie Scarciglia, David Shapiro, Charlotte Sheedy, Bruce Sherman, Bruce Silverstein, Pascal Spengemann, Rob Teeters, Jeffrey Teuton, John Thomson, Liam D. van Loenen, John Waters, Edsel Williams
Printed Matter extends its deep gratitude to the amazing generosity of contributing artists, supporting galleries, other donors of works as well as Co-chairs Ethan Wagner & Thea Westreich Wagner and Phil Aarons & Shelley Fox Aarons, the Committee and others who have stepped forward to offer support. Special thanks to Thea Westreich Art Advisory Services and the Rauschenberg Foundation for hosting the event at their new Chelsea Project Space.
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