Montclair, NJ, (August, 2022) – Studio Montclair is delighted to present “Pages,” an exhibit of contemporary artists books on display from September 9 through October 15 at Studio Montclair Gallery, 127 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ. An opening reception will take place Sunday, September11 from 3:00 to 5:00pm.
Artists books are publications that have been conceived as artworks in their own right and can be created in formats ranging from traditional letterpress or illustrations on bound paper to scrolls or even elaborate sculptures. Materials may include paper, leather, fabric, metal, plant matter, feathers, string, wood—the list is endless.
According to Juror Pam Cooper, “No two artists can agree on the definition of an ‘Artist Book.’ The possibilities are endless. The book can be stitched, folded, glued, hung on cord, pinned to the wall, adhered to a substrate and framed or contained within a structure possibly influenced by the book form. Large or small it is a world of surprises…We were all told that with the inception of the digital book, the traditional book would be dead. Thankfully not, and there seems to be an increased interest in the artist book. Some artists took up the challenge and made books [specifically] for this exhibition opportunity.” Digital books are convenient but no substitute for the physicality of an actual book, and creativity suffers no limits within this art form, as you will see from the 40 books included in this intriguing and awe-inspiring exhibit.
Studio Montclair Gallery
127 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
Participating Artists:
Donna Bassin, Amy Benfer, Terry Berkowitz, Virginia Schaffer Block, Mariette Boerstoel, Buttered Roll, Maureen Bowie, Lynne Buschman, Suzanne Dittenber, Anne Elliott, Erica Engfer Pizza, Edward Fausty, Sally Fica, Jodie Fink, Sophia Francesco, Karen Fuchs, Colleen Sweeney Gahrmann, Daniel Gluibizzi, Pam Grafstein, Alice Harrison, Marion Held, Jordan King, Susan Lerner, Eryn Lewis, Patricia Malarcher, Sarah Matthews, Chuck Miley, Karen Murphy, Leslie Nobler, Jennifer Place, Astrid Sarkissian, Maria Scarpini, Debra Schore, Ela Shah, Alix Anne Shaw, Heather Stivison, Michael Taylor, Dara Tesse, Bill Westheimer, Sonia Yaco
CURATOR:
Pam Cooper is an artist and curator who has been working with mixed media for the past 25 years. Cooper has exhibited extensively in the metropolitan area and across the USA. She moved to the USA in 1990 spending the first four years attaining a BFA at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In her final year she also worked as an intern at Dieu Donne Paper Mill.
Cooper now makes handmade abaca paper which she uses for sculpture, installations and works on paper. In the last ten years she ventured into the very diverse world of artists books.