In Brief: a Private Study
A group
exhibition curated by Sabina Nieto of Mauve? Office
November 19 - December 18, 2011
Opening reception: Saturday, November 19th, 7-10pm
In Brief is
a curated group exhibition specifically for Adobe Books that tips its hat to
the architectural tradition of the gentleman’s study, providing a
local iteration of contemporary content. This project borrows from the
traditional artifacts and techniques found in the private study as it takes the
form of a personal library, a room for writing, a curio cabinet, and a modest
collection of learned or worldly objects within the private sphere of the home.
This installation, varied
in medium—word, image, and object, teeters between a private collection and the
creating of a space for one’s own thoughts. Charles Wilson Peale meets St.
Jerome.
Home-made bookmaking,
tongue-in-cheek embroidered sampler, letterpressed quoteables of inspired
literacy, fictionalized Gold Rush portraits, emulsion experiment, a memento
mori, an illustrated catalogue
of space aliens, a writer’s desk, allusions to personal maps, and other such
metaphors for the enclosures of the mind.
The history of the study is
one where residential living became “comfortable” enough so as to include a
private room one could retreat to. “In Brief” nods to the bookstore at
large as an allegory to the communal space of the home; the Backroom Gallery
provides a quiet core for taking note of the world of books just beyond the
threshold.
Participating
artists:
Neil Berrett
Jackie Hancock
Katie Hawkinson
Katie Hoffman
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
Alexis Lopez
Dharushana Muthulingham
Pamela Palma
Alissa Polan
Jane Sloss
chandra thuy tran
Mark Wise
Chelsea
Ryoko Wong
Amber Jean Young
