Exhibition: Artists making books. Poetry to Politics
Wed 24 May
|London
Whether subverting, inverting, celebrating or exploding – this intriguing new show explores the history of artists taking on the medium of books.
Time & Location
24 May 2023, 10:00 – 17 Sept 2023, 17:00
London, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, UK
About the event
https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/artists-making-books-poetry-politics
In the hands of artists and poets, books have been taking a radically different form since the advent of the artist's book in Paris in the early 20th century. Appearing in a variety of shapes and sizes, as one-offs or small print editions, books offer artists and poets a novel form of expression – in the words of Indian artist Nalini Malani the book is 'a carrier of experience', in which whole worlds are encapsulated.
In this small yet powerful display, works made by artists from New York to Damascus and beyond will highlight the relationship between artists and poets and the influences that inform their work, from family to politics and everything in between: Lebanese artist Abed Al Kadiri (b. 1984) conceived his book during the first month of the pandemic to explore his family history, while through the eyes of Iraqi artist Kareem Risan (b. 1960) we…