Printed Matter presents
THE SALiVATION ARMY BLACK BOOK
by Scott Treleaven
book launch and reception
Thursday, February 16, 2006 5 to 7 PM
Printed Matter Inc. is very happy to announce the publication of Scott Treleaven''s THE SALiVATION ARMY BLACK BOOK through our Emerging Artist Publication Series. Please join us for a book launch and reception for the artist on Thursday, February 16 from 5 to 7 PM. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue at 22nd Street.
Co-published with Art Metropole, THE SALiVATION ARMY BLACK BOOK brings together all ten issues of Treleaven''s infamous zine, This Is the Salivation Army, produced between 1996 and 2004. Bound into a soft black embossed cover and adorned with three black ribbon bookmarks and black gilt edges, the book features 345 pages of facsimiles of the zine, expanded texts, new collages, and prefaces by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle and Scott Treleaven. The edition of 666 includes six hundred signed and numbered copies, sixty copies with a limited edition silkscreen insert, and six deluxe edition copies with collaged silkscreens. The launch of this edition will coincide with Scott Treleaven''s first solo show at John Connelly Presents, which opens Saturday, February 18.
This Is the Salivation Army was originally intended to run for only eight issues, from 1996 to 1999. With its unique combination of punk aesthetics, Blakean mysticism and sexually explicit, radical queer posturing, the zine immediately attracted press, suspicion, and a loyal cult following. During its initial three year run, the Salivation Army spawned a number of spin-off zines, set up headquarters in Toronto, Prague, London, and New York, and held a series of public and private occultural events aimed at putting the Army''s magical theory into practice.
Three years after the zine went into hibernation, Treleaven released an account of his experiences in the film "The Salivation Army" (officially considered issue #9 of the zine), which was hailed by The Village Voice as one of the most notable underground films of 2002. Widely screened and rapidly inspiring a second wave of recruits, the film''s success prompted a ''best-of'' reprint of the zines by Art Metropole. With the publication of THE SALiVATION ARMY BLACK BOOK, Printed Matter is honored to bring you the latest - and possibly final - incarnation of Treleaven''s decade long project. The collages, drawings, photographs, texts and testimonies from over fifty contributors bring the Salivation Army to eternal life even as the zine itself is seemingly being laid to rest.
Scott Treleaven is a Toronto-born artist, filmmaker and writer. His work incorporates collage, film, installation and photography, and has been exhibited by John Connelly Presents, NY, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, LA, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Galerie du jour agnès b., Paris, and many others. An overview of his work is available at scotttreleaven.com
THE SALiVATION ARMY BLACK BOOK is co-published by Printed Matter, New York and Art Metropole, Toronto in a signed and numbered edition of 666 copies, 60 of which come with a signed and numbered black-and-white silkscreen print and 6 of which come with an original color collage. The trade edition is priced at $29.95 and is available at Printed Matter and on our website, www.printedmatter.org. Editions with prints will be available at the book launch for $95. For the price of the collage edition, please enquire. For information, please contact AA Bronson, Director, at aabronson@printedmatter.org.
Printed Matter, Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the appreciation, dissemination, and understanding of artists'' books and other artists'' publications.
Printed Matter, Inc. has received support, in part, through grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Altria Group, Inc, the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Canadian Consulate General and the Government of Canada, The Cowles Charitable Trust, the CRH Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Fifth Floor Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, LEF Foundation, Materials for the Arts, The Peter S. Reed Foundation, the Schoenstadt Family Foundation, The Starry Night Fund, The Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and private foundations and individuals worldwide.