A Novel Idea

I have been invited to create a piece for A Novel Idea, an altered book exhibition, showing at Hampden Gallery, UMass, Amherst. The show will run through Dec. 11, 2011 - Feb. 19, 2012.

I am pretty excited by the ideas I am exploring for the piece I will create. I will post the opening or closing reception dates when they are available.

A Novel Idea

Electronic devices like the Nook and the Kindle have already captured huge swatches of the reading public’s loyalty. Quick. Before it’s too late, this group of painters, sculptors, writers, film-makers, printers, and all-round lovers of the printed page, boldly bend, fold, and mutilate traditional books until all that remains are discrete art objects. These one of a kind altered works stand witness to the rapid evolution of the book as we know it.

Artists:
Alexis Fedorjaczenko º China Marks º Ilgim Veryici º Jessica Ferguson º Candace Bradbury Carlin º Jesse Connor, Pam Glaven º Oriole Feshback º Rita Edelman º Jeanne Williamson º Linda Stillman º Laura Holland º Mary Sherman º Terry Jenoure º Sally Curcio º Holly Murray º Cynthia Consentino º Alicia Hunsicker º Claudia Sperry º Sergei Fedorjaczenko º Zoe Fedorjaczenko º Jesse Epstein º Cynthia Guild º Sondra Peron º Rhoma Mostel