Seeing Artists Books as Research
The Royal Society of Victoria Heritage Library
Wendy Kelly, Centre, 2002, artist book: earth, watercolour, paper, hand bound 24 pages, 53 x 39 cm
Curated by Dr Anne Bennett
This one day exhibition affords a unique opportunity to see and handle artist books arising from postgraduate research produced in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University over the past decade within the historic setting of the Heritage Library and Lecture Theatre at The Royal Society of Victoria.
Featuring artists books by Monash University alumni and current postgraduate candidates including:
Jillian Allan, Marie-Louise Anderson, Lyn Ashby, Rhonda Ayliffe, Catherine Bell, Anne Bennett, Jennifer Butler, Natasha Carrington, Antonietta Covino-Beehre, Mimmo Cozzolino, David Frazer, Kari Henriksen, Lily Hibberd, Wendy Kelly, Spiros Panigirakis, Stephen Pascoe, Elizabeth Presa, Felicity Spear & others.
Talks by:
Dr Steven Tonkin, Dr Anne Bennett, Marian Crawford, Prof. Sasha Grishin
Venue: The Royal Society of Victoria, 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne
Date: Friday 7 September 2012, 1-6 pm
Free Entry. More information on the website www.seeingbooks.com.au