ANNUAL
JURIED SHOW
2010 International Juried Show
INVENTIVE STRUCTURES:
Books Beyond the Codex
Juror: Hedi Kyle
May 14 - June 25, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, May 14, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Gallery Talk: Friday, June 4, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Click here to view the online catalogue for Inventive Structures
Creative Arts Workshop (CAW) presents Inventive Structures: Books Beyond the Codex, an international book arts exhibition. The show focuses on the remarkable diversity of book constructions, exploring innovative alternatives to the familiar codex binding, in which a book’s pages are attached to a single, central spine. Juried by renowned book artist and conservator Hedi Kyle, Inventive Structures features sixty-five artists from across the United States, as well as from Europe, Asia and Australia.
The exhibition is on view in the Workshop’s two-story Hilles Gallery from May 14 to June 25. An opening reception will be held on Friday, May 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. In conjunction with the exhibition, a gallery talk with participating artists Emily Martin and Paulette Rosen is scheduled for Friday, June 4, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. The exhibition, opening and gallery talk are all free and open to the public.
The jurying process for Inventive Structures was highly selective, with nearly 200 entries submitted by more than 100 artists. Ms. Kyle selected a wide range of forms, techniques and content for the exhibition to show many interpretations of the book as it is not generally known. “Even if the codex is a unique wonder of ingenuity, [I looked] for creative thinking, imagination and research to propel the book into new realms,” explained Ms. Kyle.
Creative Arts Workshop holds a juried exhibition each year to showcase the work of both emerging and established artists from around the world, reinforcing its mission of fostering creativity through participation in and appreciation of the visual arts.
Inventive Structures is generously sponsored by William Reese Company, in honor of Polly Lada-Mocarski.
PRIZEWINNERS & SPECIAL MENTIONS
Hedi Kyle selected two prizewinners to share a two-person exhibition at Creative Arts Workshop in 2011: Peggy Johnston (Des Moines, IA) and Erika Mahr (Astoria, NY). Kyle also awarded three Merit Recognitions to Julie Chen (Berkeley, CA), Pamela Moore (Brooklyn, NY), and Susan Joy Share (Anchorage, AK) in recognition of their strong work and many contributions to the book arts. She also awarded Honorable Mentions to Kumi Korf (Ithaca, NY), Paulette Rosen (Hamden, CT), and s.c. Thayer (White Rock, NM) for their excellent entries to the show.
LOCAL ARTISTS WITH TIES TO CAW
CAW is pleased to note that participating artists Paulette Rosen and Nancy Eisenfeld are CAW faculty members, and Sandra Rhodes is a Studio Binder. Ann Langdon is Vice President of the Board of Directors. Elise Wiener is a former faculty member, and Joseph Saccio is former board member of the Workshop.
FROM THE JUROR
This exhibition investigates inventive book structures beyond the codex. Even if the codex is an unique wonder of ingenuity, the call was for creative thinking, imagination and research to propel the book as we know it into new realms and save its soul. In a time where the new media is taking over the classic function of the book as main information carrier, book artists look for new opportunities to re-invent the book.
The result is an array of form, technique, craftsmanship, and content, showing the direction of the works submitted. Cubes, spheres, rolls, and boxes are declared as books. Unusual materials, not just paper, are evidence of new directions.
Book artists still use traditional topics like science, geography, politics and personal memory, but in an unconventional context. Sometimes the structure is all there is. It becomes the message. These book artists treat their work as an entity, a distinct object under their control.
What links these creations to the traditional book may seem far fetched. However, elements such as containment, sequence, repetition, moveable parts, and printed text and images are indeed very “bookish”. Connecting parts by sewing, lacing and intertwining refers to techniques passed on along with the history of the book.
I envisioned showing many interpretations of the book as it is generally not known. The works were selected by grouping them to interact with and support each other, to express the direction I perceived. Following my sense, I made choices by absorbing the entire entries again and again until I was able to choose without doubt. My selection reflects my personal response to an overall amazing body of work by over a hundred participants.
-Hedi Kyle, Juror
ABOUT
THE JUROR
Hedi Kyle graduated from the Werk-Kunst Schule in Weisbaden, Germany and, after a brief career as a graphic designer, turned to book arts and book conservation. She recently retired as Head Conservator from the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. She continues to instruct students in the field of book arts at the University of the Arts Graduate Program in Book Arts and Printmaking, also in Philadelphia.
Over the past 30 years, she has taught numerous workshops in the US, Canada, and Europe. Her one-of-a-kind book constructions are exhibited internationally and are in numerous collections.
Hedi Kyle has had one person shows at the Center for Book Arts in NYC, the Minnesota Center for the Book and the James Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She is an honorary member of the Guild of Book Workers and a co-founder of Paper & Book Intensive (PBI).
PAST JURIED SHOWS
2009:
Sky's the Limit: Built, Unbuilt and Just Imagined,
juried by Janet Echelman, internationally recognized installation artist
2008:
Painting as Presence,
juried by William Bailey, Kingman Brewster Professor of Art
Emeritus, Yale University
2007:
Ceramic Abstraction: Exploration and Evidence,
juried by Paula Winokur, internationally renowned ceramic artist
2006:
Particular Places, juried
by Bernard Chaet, William Leffingwell Professor of Painting
Emeritus Yale University School of Art
2005:
Close to Home, juried by Jacquelyn D. Serwer, Chief Curator
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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