Sitting Room: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books

Sowden, Tom; Schofield, Lucy May

Abstract

Sitting Room was conceived between curators Tom Sowden and Lucy May Schofield. The show presented artists’ books in a re-created sitting room within gallery spaces, allowing the majority of books to be handled and read by the viewers.

Exhibition catalogue, 44pp, ISBN 1 900756 34 X, published by Righton Press, 2007

Exhibition venues:
20 May – 15 July 2006 Manchester Craft and Design Centre
4 Dec 2006 - 26 January 2007 Alsager Arts Centre Gallery
31 January - 18 February 2007 Permanent Gallery, Brighton
6 July - 2 August 2007 The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art
21 August - 21 September 2007 School of Art, Media and Design, UWE Bristol
10 October – 10 November 2007 AKI Academy of Arts, Enschede, The Netherlands
13 December 2007 - 2 January 2008 The Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University
7 March - 27 April 2008 K Gallery, Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda, California, USA
26 May – 7 July 2008 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City
1 December 2008 – 28 February 2009 Gallery Martha Hellion, Empresa no. 101, Insurgentes Mixcoac, Mexico

Citation

Sowden, T., & Schofield, L. M. (2007). Sitting Room: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books. 1 May 2006 - 1 February 2009. (Unpublished)

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Conference Name: Sitting Room: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books
• Start Date: May 1, 2006
• End Date: Feb 1, 2009
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2007
• ISBN: 1-900756-34-X
• Keywords: artists' books
• Publisher URL: http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/tomtext.htm