THE BOOK LOVERS
A Project about Artist Novels
Goldin+Senneby. Looking for Headless, by fictional author K.D. Chapters 1-4, 20 January 25 - March 9, 2013
Curated by David Maroto and Joanna Zielińska
With artworks by: Tim Etchells (UK), Tom Gidley (UK), Jill Magid (USA), Roee Rosen (Israel), Lindsay Seers (UK), Goldin+Senneby (Sweden), Alexandre Singh (France), Julia Weist (USA)
With novels by: Carl Andre, Keren Cytter, Salvador Dalí, Tim Etchells, Liam Gillick, Pablo Helguera, Stewart Home, Joseph Kosuth, Yayoi Kusama, Jana Leo, Mai-Thu Perret, Tom McCarthy, Richard Prince, Andy Warhol… to a total of around 130 titles.
The Book Lovers is a systematic attempt to study the phenomenon of artist novels. An investigation of the creative consequences when artists choose the novel as a medium is the core of this long-term project and research. For an increasing number of artists, the novel is becoming a means to generate new art objects in the scope of a multidisciplinary practice. A collection of novels written by artists and a parallel online database are available for public perusal in a Reading Room, together with a selection of artworks that are inextricably linked to some of the novels. The artist novels collection is also on view at M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, Belgium –from 6th December 2012 to 21st April 2013) and it has been acquired by the museum to be included in its collection.
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Related events
A Presentation with Roee Rosen
At EFA Project Space, 323 West 39 St, 2nd Floor
Friday January 25th, 6:00-7:00pm
A presentation by Roee Rosen on the Jewish Belgian Surrealist artists and pornographer Justine Frank. RSVP to lauren@efanyc.org
Goldin + Senneby Documentary Screening
At Regus Meeting Room, 112 West 34 St, 17th Floor
Friday, February 1, 2013, 3:30pm
Friday, February 15, 2013, 3:30pm
This documentary screening is in connection with Goldin + Senneby's Headless. Space for the event is limited. Reservations will be required. Email projectspace@efanyc.org for information.
A Tour of the Complete Works of Henry Darger
February 7, 4pm
Collection of the American Folk Art Museum, New York
*Space is limited. Email projectspace@efanyc.org for information
At EFA Project Space, 323 West 39 St, 2nd Floor
Tuesday, February 12, 6:30 - 9pm
Please join us in uncovering some of the treasures in The Book Lovers artist novel collection from M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, Belgium) at EFA Project Space. RSVP to projectspace@efanyc.org.
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, a public talk with Woo Jung Cho
At EFA Project Space, 323 West 39 St, 2nd Floor
Thursday, February 21, 2013, 6:30pm
Woo Jung Cho is the director of The Dream of the Audience, a film about Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, the NYC- based artist and author of the novel Dictée who met a tragic early death. Some clips of the film will be shown.
Live Reading Performance with Jill Magid
At EFA Project Space, 323 West 39 Street, 2nd Floor
Thursday, February 28, 6:30pm
The Book Lovers's artist Jill Magid and a partner will give a live reading performance of Lincoln Ocean Victor Eddy.
Public Reading Performance with Keren Cytter
At EFA Project Space, 323 West 39 St, 2nd Floor
Friday, March 8, 3–10pm
This event, based on Cytter's novel White Diaries, is a durational performance—the chapters of the novel will be read out loud by actors.
Thanks to the generous support of:
Israel's Office of Cultural Affairs, New York; Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam; Polish Cultural Institute New York; Spain Culture New York--Consulate General of Spain: member of the network Spain Arts & Culture; Consulate General of Sweden in New York ; and M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, Belgium
