The book artist/curator/indefatigable promoter, Ed Hutchins sent me a catalog to his latest book arts exhibition. “beyondWORDS:BookFest 2009” will run June 11-29 at The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences Gallery with an opening reception slated for Sunday, June 14, from 5-7pm. According to the press kit, the show features 55 handmade books that “illustrate how words can be presented in re-imagined and re-created ways, and how, in some cases, the message can be delivered without words at all.” Ed Hutchins and his co-curator Carolyn Chadwick assembled an international group of book artists that approach dimensional books from very different directions. A quick scan of the full color catalog revealed a few familiar names to this site. Emily Martin, Shawn Sheehy and Rand Huebsch all have interesting pieces on display.
There are many other beautiful and unorthodox book forms in this exhibit and I hope to make it out to see them in person. (Besides, how could I possibly pass up a visit to the gallery’s hometown of Loveladies, NJ?)
- Kyle
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