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Opening: 3pm, February 18th, 2012 Date: February 18th - March 18th, 2012
Curator: George Chang, Katherine Don
Tom Bell, Lukas Birk, George Chang, Rutherford Chang, Chen Longbin, Ain Cocke, Ding Yi, GuoHongwei, Hong Hao, Huang Min, Ravikumar Kashi, Kong Guoqiao, Leung Chiwo, Liu Ren, Ma Jun, Out, Qing Qing, Kiki Smith, Sarah Sze, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tsang Kinwah, Heimo Wallner, Wang Chao, Terry Winters & Ben Marcus, Xu Bing
We are honored to announce the opening of “Do A Book” which is devoted to exploring the medium of artists books and text-based art works.
Curated by George Chang and Katherine Don, “Do A Book” provides a unique opportunity to reconnect with an important tradition of creative expression explored by artists both in China and abroad. The exhibition will be open to the public February 18 – March 18, 2012.
The purpose of this display is to create a dialogue about the tradition of the “artist book” and the genre of the book medium. The artist book is an art form and a medium widely unexplored by contemporary artists in China, but is not absent from current practice. An artist book does not refer to a publication used to augment an exhibition, rather it is an object produced as an art work itself, often as a unique or limited edition. This project is a survey of objects that are related to books by contemporary artists from cities around the world. This exhibition highlights the varied interpretations of the book form: as a vessel for information or narrative, as an abstract form that transcends function, or as a medium referring to a book’s social function.
