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Type:
Electronic resources
Exhibitions
Date:
2008
[2008]
Notes:
Online catalog for the exhibition of the same title, held at the MOCA Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 19, 2008-Mar. 1, 2009.
Title from home page (viewed June 13, 2011).
Essays by the exhibition co-curators Lynda Bunting and Lisa Gabrielle Mark.
Website includes moving image sequences and audio files, as well as text.
Summary:
To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book examines how sequencing manifests itself within artists' books, highlighting a diverse range of conceptual strategies and formal processes. The exhibition constitutes the first large-scale museum survey of artists' books in Los Angeles since 1978, presenting work by a range of artists, from emerging artists who have begun to experiment with this genre to established artists who view bookmaking as an integral part of their practice. Borrowing its title from a limited-edition 'zine by Raymond Pettibon, To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book presents many different book forms, some with corresponding wall-mounted works that suggest the relationship of books to other aspects of an artist's practice.
