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The London Art Book Fair 2012
dal 19/9/2012 al 22/9/2012
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Alex O'Neill



 
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19/9/2012

The London Art Book Fair 2012

Whitechapel, London

Over 75 publishers takea part at the largest event dedicated to art books, attracting the biggest names in the field, major new releases and rare publications that can't be found elsewhere.


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The London Art Book Fair is the UK’s largest event dedicated to art books, attracting the biggest names in the field, major new releases and rare publications that can’t be found elsewhere.

Ed Atkins, the Gallery’s latest Writer in Residence, David Batchelor, Michael Bracewell, Louisa Buck, Dexter Dalwood, Tom Hunter and Simon Patterson are just some of the artists and authors included in a packed programme of discussions, film screenings and workshops over the weekend. The best art books of the year, shortlisted for the Arts Book Prize by an expert panel of judges including Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick OBE will also be announced.

With free admission and exclusive discounts, The London Art Book Fair offers the opportunity to view and buy the best art books at great prices.
v Over 75 publishers will take part this year, including Black Dog Publishing, Coracle, Ditto Press, Fruitmarket Gallery, Four Corners Books, Hatje Cantz, Hayward Gallery, Laurence King, Lubok Verlag, The MIT Press, Revolver Books, Ridinghouse, South London Gallery, TBOOKS COLOGNE, Thames & Hudson, Valiz, White Fungus, Yale University Press and many more.

Highlights of The London Art Book Fair 2012:

• Artist Tom Hunter contemplates the changing face of east London through photography and film. Saturday 3-4pm.

• Known for her provocative photo collages in the 1970s, artist Penelope Slinger discusses surrealism, eroticism and feminism in her work with fellow artist Linder. Saturday 3.30-4.30pm.

• Artistic Programmer and Producer at Sadler’s Wells Emma Gladstone presents extracts of performances from Dance, the latest in the Documents of Contemporary Art series. Sunday 12-1pm.

• Designer Ken Kirton invites families to create a vegetable printing press, using natural inks and vegetable stamps to make books to take home. Saturday 12-2pm.

• Curator Lisa Le Feuvre talks with designer Fraser Muggeridge about the relationship between books and sculpture. Saturday 1.30-2.30pm.

• Writer Michael Bracewell, artist Dexter Dalwood and Young Kim (former collaborator with Malcolm McLaren, Manager of the Sex Pistols) discuss how the relationship between contemporary art and popular culture has changed.
Sunday 3-4pm.

• Artist Sophie Loss will be photographing visitors with books they are about to read, like or want to buy as part on an ongoing art project. Her images will be projected throughout the Fair.

Iwona Blazwick OBE, Director, Whitechapel Gallery, said, ‘The London Art Book Fair promises to be as exciting and vibrant as ever this year. The fair will take over the entire gallery for three days, bringing together the most beautiful, collectible art publications from around the world alongside stimulating artist talks and events.’

• Exhibitors include: ABC Artists' Books Cooperative, Abrams & Chronicle Books, Altazimuth Press & Tom Paine Printing Press, AM Bruno, Ambeck and Ensixteen Editions, Andrew Malone, Antenne Books, The Art Newspaper, Black Dog Publishing, bookroom, Book Works, Bywater Bros. Editions, Cassochrome, Carolyn Trant / Parvenu Press, Chisato Tamabayashi & Kaho Kojima, Christine Redfern / Caro Caron, Colchester Institute, Colin Sackett / Uniformbooks, Coracle, Cornerhouse Publications, Dmitry Sayenko / NIKODIM PRESS, Ditto Press, Enitharmon Editions, Espen Krukhaug, Four Corners Book, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Gagarin, Gimpel Fils, The Green Box, Hatje Cantz, Hato Press, Hayward Publishing, Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts, John Hansard Gallery, KALEID Editions, la silueta, Lars Müller, Laurence King Publishing, Lubok Verlag, Marcus Campbell Art Books, Marguerite Waknine, Mark Pawson/Disinfotainment, The MIT Press, Mousse Publishing, National Portrait Gallery, O Book Publisher, Occasional Papers, Onomatopee, Otto Graphic, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, Post Editions, The Proconsul Editions, Redfoxpress, Red Sphinx, Reed Contemporary Books, Revolver Publishing, RGAP, Ridinghouse, Riflemaker, Saatchi Gallery, Second Century Press, Slade Press, South London Gallery, Spazio Libro d’Artista, Sylph Editions, Tate Publishing, TBOOKS COLOGNE, Timmer Art Books, Thames & Hudson, Valeria Brancaforte, Valiz, Welling School, Weproductions, White Fungus and Yale University Press.

• Each year the Whitechapel Gallery invites a Writer in Residence to curate a programme of live discussions, performances and workshops. Previous Writers in Residence include writer collective information as material (2010-11), Sally O’Reilly (2009-10) and Maria Fusco (2008-09).

• Ed Atkins is the Whitechapel Gallery’s Writer in Residence for 2012/13. He was born in 1982 in the United Kingdom and works predominantly in high-definition video, drawing and writing to explore thoughts around materiality and corporeality. Recent solo projects include Tate Britain and Cabinet Gallery, both London, 2011; recent group exhibitions include 'A Dying Artist', ICA, London (2011), 'Time Again', Sculpture Center, New York (2011), 'An Echo Button', with James Richards and Haroon Mirza, for Performa 2011, and 'Weighted Words' at 176, London (2012). He was shortlisted for the Jarman Award, 2011 and is a winner of the inaugural 'Tomorrow Never Knows' Film and Video Umbrella film commission (2012). Ed Atkins’ solo exhibition Us Dead Talk Love opens at Chisenhale Gallery 21 September - 11 November 2012.

• The Arts Book Prize (formerly known as the Banister Fletcher Award) is known as Britain’s longest-running annual art book Prize, organised by the Authors’ Club and the Royal Institute of British Architects in association with the Whitechapel Gallery.

• The London Art Book Fair is organised by the Whitechapel Gallery in association with Marcus Campbell Art Books.

Full list of exhibitors and events: www.whitechapelgallery.org/book-fair

Press Information
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Alex O’Neill on 020 7539 3360 or email alexoneill@whitechapelgallery.org

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