Exhibition catalog for "Artist as Publisher"

Identifier:AAR.EC.0163

Creation dates:2008

Description:Catalog for "Artist as Publisher," an exhibition on view at the Center for Book Arts July 9 - September 13, 2008. Organized by Omar Lopez-Chahoud. CBA has two copies.

This exhibition examines art publications produced by artists and collaboratives. The publications selected for the exhibitions each embody a spirit of collaboration and experimentation and a DIY ethos. Independent publication allows artists to bypass the gallery system, and to make art cheaply and distribute it on their own terms.

Three teams have been formed to create reading rooms at the Center. They will work with the curator to organize the installations. These teams include: Diego Fernandez has self-appointed himself as coordinator of the Chilean wing of ARTISTS AS PUBLISHERS with Rodrigo Salinas (La Nueva Grafica Chilena) and Felipe Mujica (Galeria Chilena), Ivan Navarro & Ian Szydlowski (Instituto Divorciado); Rachel Mason in collaboration with John Knuth; and Scott Hug (K-48) in collaboration with Billy Miller.

Featured artists: PFFR, Superm, BARR (Bredan Fowler), Dan Acton, Devendra Banhart, Steven Bankhead, Michael Bauer, Michael Bilsborough, Michael Blum, Brendan Carroll, Christophe Chemin, Peter Coffin, Alexander Esters and Cornelius Quabeck, Reuben Cox, Jeff Davis, Jen DeNike, Sid M Duenas, Chris Duncan, Christian Egger, Peter Eide, Amir H Fallah, Diego Fernandez, Carl Ferrero, Amy Gartrell, Mark Golamco, Janine Gordon, Sam Gordon, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Billy Grant, Andrew Guenther, Justin Hansch, Thomas Harris, Naotaka Hiro, Dita Baron Hoeber, Scott Hug, Juliet Jacobson, Rose Kallal, Dawn Kasper, Brian Kennon, Lewis Klahr, John Knuth, Lauren Lavitt, Cristobal Lehyt, Benjamin Lord, Jill Magid, Rachel Mason, Christian Mayer, Keith Mayerson, Damon McCarthy, Paul McCarthy, Inger-Lise McMillan, Daniel Mendel-Black, Yves Metter, Billy Miller, Felipe Mujica, Ivan Navarro, Perros Negros, Mike Nolan, Katrin Pesch, North Drive Press. Kiersten Puusemp, Tyson Reeder, Christopher Russell, Rodrigo Salinas, Justin Samson, Bill Saylor, Margie Schnibbe, Paul Sepuya, Hiro Sugiyama, Barbara Sullivan, Ian Szydlowski, Eighteen -Thirty, Magda Tothova, Patricia Valencia, Jan Wandrag, Ruth Weismann, Julia Weist, David West, Greg Wilken, Alexander Wolff, Grant Worth.