Eastside Projects‘ latest exhibition ‘BOOK SHOW’ is opening 2 July, with free entry 6-9pm, and continues until 4 September. The show is curated by James Langdon and Gavin Wade, and includes works by 2006 Turner Prize winner Simon Starling, along with John Latham, American artist Nina Katchadourian, and Zurich-based artist Rollo Press.
‘Book Show’ is an exhibition of artworks, objects and structures that address the physical form of the book. The starting point for the exhibition is Ulises Carrión’s provocative series of aphorisms ‘The New Art of Making Books’ (1975).
Eastside is open for you to nosey around Thursday 12 – 6:30pm, Friday & Saturday 12 – 5pm, with free entry.
On 29 July, 6-9pm, the gallery will also host the launch of ‘Book’, a book edited by James Langdon.
‘Book’, functions as a mobile extension to the exhibition. Including a facsimile reprint of Ulises Carrión’s ‘The New Art of Making Books’ as it originally appeared in the journal Kontexts; an illustrated text by James Langdon and additional works, both existing and newly commissioned.
For more information, check out the Eastside Projects website here.