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.
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.
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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
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