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EDITIONS &
ARTISTS' BOOKS FAIR '02
NOVEMBER 7 - 10, 2002
NEW LOCATION
Starett Lehigh Building in Chelsea
601 West 26 Street on the 14th Floor.
Information & Tickets: 212 925 0325
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EDITIONS & ARTISTS' BOOKS FAIR '02
Opening Benefit Reception:
Thursday, November, 7th, 5 PM - 8 PM
Ticket price $25.00 to Benefit Printed Matter
Special ticket price $100.00 includes a set of limited edition books &
ephemera by Jenny Holzer!
Free to the Public: Friday, November 8th
and Saturday, November 9th, 11 AM - 7 PM
& Sunday, November 10th, 11 AM - 3 PM
Sunday Morning Specials! Dealers will make special one time offers on
select items Sunday morning only.
Editions & Artists' Books '02 just gets better and better. In a new,
larger location, this unique Fair celebrates its fifth year as the
premier
showcase for contemporary publishers and book dealers exhibiting the
latest in the medium of prints, multiples and artists' books. Museum
curators and collectors praise the event as pivotal within the
publishing
and contemporary art community.
Organized by Michele Quinn of Brooke Alexander Editions, Susan Inglett
of
I.C. Editions, and David Platzker of Printed Matter, Editions & Artists'
Books '02 will take place at the Starett Lehigh Building in Chelsea
located 601 West 26 Street on the 14th Floor. The opening reception,
Thursday, November 7th from 5 to 8 PM, is being organized as a benefit
for
Printed Matter, Inc. an independent not-for-profit organization founded
to
heighten the visibility of artists' publications and the world' s
largest
distributor of artists' books, magazines, audio and video works. General
admission for the opening night is $25.00 with a second ticket price of
$100.00 includes a set of multiples and books by Jenny Holzer. Brunch
and
a variety of special offerings on select works will mark Sunday, the
last
day of the Fair. Timed to coincide with the International Fine Print
Dealers Association [IFPDA] Print Fair, Editions & Artists' Books
brings
the history of printmaking begun at the Armory up to the minute. The
Fair
is also part of a citywide "Print Week" organized by the IFPDA to
promote
the medium of prints through exhibitions and symposia held throughout
the
week.
Twenty-three publishers of fine art prints and multiples will feature
the
best of contemporary prints and multiples. Participants have been
invited
with consideration to the variety and strength of their publishing
activities and include both the well established and newly established.
Participants include ACS Editions, NYC; Brooke Alexander Editions, NYC;
Art of this Century, Paris/NYC; Baron/Boisanté Editions, NYC; Peter
Blum,
NYC; Cypher Editions, NYC; Exit Art, NYC; Editions Fawbush, NYC; Flatbed
Press, Austin; Graphicstudio at the University of South Florida, Tampa;
Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe; I.C. Editions, NYC; Item, Paris;
Jenkins Sikkema, NYC; Sean Kelly Gallery, NYC; Lower East Side Print
Shop,
NYC; The Multiple Store, London; Carolina Nitsch, NYC; Renaissance
Society, Chicago; John Szoke Editions, NYC; Two Palms Press, NYC;
U.L.A.E., Bay Shore; and Wildwood Press, St. Louis.
Seven book dealers will be presenting some of the finest artists' books,
periodicals, exhibition catalogues, monographs and ephemera produced in
the 20th and 21st century from Dada and Surrealism to Conceptualism and
beyond. With the current renaissance in artists' publications, Artists'
Books 02 will give connoisseurs a unique opportunity to see a diverse
selection of rare documents from artists and publishers worldwide in a
single location.
Participants include Johan Deumens Editions & Artists' Books,
Amsterdam;
Jan van der Donk Rare Books, NYC; Granary Books, NYC; Virginia Green,
NYC;
Locus Solus Rare Books, NYC; Printed Matter, Inc., NYC, and Woolworth
Publications, Paris.
Editions & Artists' Books 02 has become the first stop for anyone
interested in the latest in contemporary publishing. We hope you'll make
it your number one stop as well.
For additional information please contact Printed Matter at tel. 212 925
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0325; http://www.printedmatter.org,
or dplatzker@printedmatter.org
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