As a means of documenting passing thoughts and transient happenings,
memories and the like – scrapbooks/sketchbooks are unique to the creator. It is
almost unthinkable for them to be anything other than unique and of deep
sentimental meaning to the artist. It is as though scrapbooks are a reciprocation
of identity and surrounding contexts.
Scrapbooks range from crude splurges of sketches to refined drawings –
they are a means of housing a mind and its inner workings in a tangible form. Snippets
and tickets, paint and poetry – scrapbooks are works in their own right, they
are a means of curating works to be viewed as a whole entity.
Scrapbooks/sketchbooks can come in an array of forms, whether they are a
traditional tangible book or a video piece mapping out thoughts. The exhibition
is an intriguing collection holding the books as almost sacred – presented in
vitrines they are artefacts.
Artists
included are: Brigid Berlin, William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin, Jimmy De
Sana, John Evans, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Isa Genzken, Al Hansen, Richard Hawkins,
Geoffrey Hendricks, Ray Johnson & Brian Buczak, Leigh Ledare, Richard
Prince, Gerhard Richter, Karin Schneider & Louise Ward and Jean-Michel
Wicker.
Curated by
Andrew Roth and Alex Kitnick
See below for photographs from the exhibition:
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