The Book as Art: Expanding the Limits is the encore edition of the artists’ book exhibition inaugurated by the Decatur Arts Alliance and The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur in 2013. The exhibition is juried from entries arriving from all over the world and includes artists ranging in experience from students to recognized professionals in the medium. The Book as Art is proud to include examples of the finest in the field, from artists in twenty states, Canada, Israel, and Germany.
The book as a physical object in an increasingly digital world remains stubbornly analog. Those with narrative content offer the frustrations of sequential visuals – the viewer longs to see more than one segment at a time, but the format allows only a gradual reveal. Sculptural objects interpreting the concept of the book also require more than a glance to draw the viewer into a deeper understanding of what books are and can be. Both narrative and sculptural interpretations are included in this exhibition for your viewing and interpretive pleasure.
A Gala Reception for the exhibition is August 28, 2014, 6:00 – 9:00 pm, in the gallery and spilling onto the street as Decatur prepares for the opening of the AJC-Decatur Book Festival the next night. The gallery’s location on the Decatur Square in the heart of the festival grounds is ideally accessible to the more than 85,000 attendees at the festival. The Festival’s attendance demonstrates that books are cherished by multitudes in tangible, touchable form even as they morph into new forms and formats. Festival dates are August 29–31, 2014.
Jurors for the 2014 exhibition were Alex Campos, New York, NY; Mary Murphy, Atlanta, GA; and Barbara Tetenbaum, Portland, OR.
For more information visit Decatur Art Alliance Website.
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