How a Book is Made
November 24th, 2008
Prestigitation Series #0806 – featured in the exhibition:
How a Book is Made at Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery
Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana. December 4, 2008- January 27, 2009
Exhibition description:
In an age where physical books are which today are becoming replaced more and more by virtual formats, this exhibition examines what happens when contemporary artists and historians consider the meaning of books. Traditionally we think of books as a means to transmit text and images. Books can do much more than this. Books can reflect culture, values, authority, history, creative expressions. The personal and the private. Books are an intimate format for the viewer to receive messages as they are held or approached.
As a vehicle for artistic creation the book is extraordinary and powerful some of the works on display in the Diboll Gallery are unique creations from regional and national artists, others are skilled examples of printing or binding from Special Collections in the Monroe Library. Some are produced in multiples, others are presented as sculptural installation. With each, there is an engagement of the viewer with the book, and what books represent, that is a unique experience. The works represented in the Diboll Gallery insist on the importance of defining book not only as a physical object, but as an idea.
