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Simon Evans' 2003 Notebook 11 is one of the books that will show in the exhibit.
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published on 09/28/06
Off the Shelf exhibit to debut in FLLAC
Joe Rozek 
Guest Writer
The Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center (FLLAC) is planning a unique exhibit called Off the Shelf that will debut on Friday, Oct 6. The exhibit is not the museum’s usual fare of photos and paintings, but rather a rare collection of books created by 13 up-and-coming international artists.
Director of FLLAC James Mundy said, “This is something new for us. We’ve never done, at least in the time I’ve been here, an exhibition on books.”
The works are modifications of books, an expanding art form that is increasingly popular in the art world, and consist of modified found books as well as original creations and interpretations.
There is a considerable range of styles, from comics to sketchbooks to photography and three-dimensional sculptures in a variety of media including scotch tape and correction fluid.
“These are mostly artists who do other things like painting, sculpture, or photography, but tried making books. It’s an effort to do something quite different,” said Mundy.
Examples of the works being exhibited are David Hammons’ The Holy Bible, Old Testament, which contains the entire catalogue of Marcel Duchamp, and Francesca Gabbiani’s White Book, a story about a serial killer who stalks and murders women across laser-cut architectural structures that pop out of the accordion book.
“Most of us feel very personally about books. They tend to have a very significant place in our lives; for example, some books are read to us since we’re children, or we might use family photographs in books as placeholders,” said Mundy.
The FLLACwill open the gallery exhibit on Friday, Oct. 6 and Betty Bright will give a lecture on Friday, Oct. 27.
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