Booknesses

Curator: David Paton
Contributor: David Paton
Contributor: Robbin Ami Silverberg
Categories: Reference / Catalogue, Essays

Reference no.:R/C/L/Pat.D/17.00

Book title:	Booknesses
Published by:	The Ampersand Foundation, University of Johannesberg
Year made:	2017
Place made:	South Africa
Original:	Yes
Edition: (No. in Edition)	500 (1)
Dimensions:	240 x 280
Binder:	commercial binding
Physical description:	paper back, multi-section
Collaborations:	Jack Ginsberg
Further information:
"The title of this exhibition – Booknesses – brings this intersection of physicality and imagination into sharp relief. It identifies the book as at once a real and an abstract object, implying that the form of the artists' book is in a sense the most essential form of a book: something that provides a path into the abstract realm of the conceptual, even as its very physicality reminds us it is an object. In contemplating this notion of 'bookness', the exhibition thus draws attention to the complexities and contradictions of object-making, context and signification. It expands the scope both of literature and art making, and underscores the potential of both to make visible our common humanity, regardless of time or context." Federico Freschi (from the Foreword) Essays also by: Keith Deitrich, Pippa Skontes, Kim Berman For more information about The Ampersand FoundationClick here to visit